The Straits Budget, 21 July 1965

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  • 34 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REGISTERED ,T THE U.R. REWARD. SERIES 666- KUALA LUMPUR, JULY 21, 1965. Price 40 Cent* (Malaya) or 1 Shilling. RDM 1192-1612.
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    • 140 2  -  ANTI-HUMBUG Singapore UADIO Singapura quoted Mr. Lee Kuan Yew as saying that Mr. Alex Josey was his “channel". Unwittingly Mr. Lee seems to Justify the JpentraLCtovernment’s expulsion of Mr. Josey, because a "channel” for a Prime Minister and a Rolitlcal party leader can ardly claim
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    • 80 2  -  MOTORIST Singapore I CANNOT understand the attitude of policemen who take no notice whatever of the traffic jam and blatant violation of traffic rules at the Junction of Buklt Timah Rd.. and Chua Chu Kang Road every morning when the road is closed for the train crossing. All
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    • 91 2  -  EX-REGULAR 11th Indian Div. K. Lumpur Mr. t. p. d. nair, Secretary of the All-Malayan Estate*’ Staff Union, says that planters fled the country in 1941 “to save their precious lives.” This is slanderous. Almost all the planter community were members of the volunteer forces
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    • 47 2  -  TRAINEE Negri Sembilan THE Education Ministry is annoyingly erratic in its payment of allowances to student teachers at Regional Training Centres. Many of us come from far away and have to pay for lodgings and other necessities, our landlords and other creditors expect prompt settlement.
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    • 56 2  -  C.WJLM. Singapore T*HERE are no qualified swimming Instructors at the public swimming pools ln Singapore. A great pity this, when one considers the large number of eager, young people who daily flounder their way into the wrong methods of swimming or diving. Under proper guidance and encouragement, we might
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    • 198 2  -  OBSERVER Kuala Lumpur DECENTLY 1 interviewed a number of pupils from some of our leading Govemnunt and Govern-ment-aided English Secondary ochools. “What subject at school do you dislike most? I asked them. English literature/’ was the answer I got from most of them. English Secondary pupils in
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    • 44 2  -  QUEENSTOWN Singapore QEVERAL Queenstown O Housing Development Board’s flats have 13! without corridor lights for several weeks. Are there not HDB su- pervisors doing rounds during the nights, finding out for themselves! Dark corridors ln these flats merely encourage more robberies and thefts.
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    • 203 2  -  $36/- P.A. Singapore MR. Lee Kuan Yew spoke at the Hong Llm Green election rallies as the secretary-general of the P.A.P. and NOT as P.M. of Singapore. Why is It that his speeches are now being broadcast over the radio and T.V. over and over again? Surely
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    • 548 2  -  S. RAJARATNAM Singapore UUITH reference to your footnote to my letter (July 14) l would have thought that the expulsion of Mr. Josey differed significantly from the order the Singapore Government issued against Professor Enright. The Singapore Government thought It wiser to withdraw its
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    • 134 2  -  T. C. WONG Kuala Lumpur npALiyiSHEN Malaysia i is badly administered as far as pro^r mme adjustments Take the latest switch interchanging of Shindig and “SeaHunt." ‘‘Shindig" is shifted to (T30 on Sundays and ‘Sea-Hunt" to 7.10 on Thursday. On Sundays, there Is already a musical
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    • 93 2  -  EQUALITY Singapore. I NOTE the action taken by the Police "Secretary as a result of complaints by Katong and Siglap residents on the spread of immoral activities in those areas. Little or no action appears to have been taken in the Johore and Desker Road
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    • 645 3 —Straits Times, July 12 If U Thant’s call for an end to the fighting in Vietnam and the reconvening of the Geneva conference goes unheeded, then for the rest of the year talk of peace ir Vietnam will be wasted words. The curious expedition by Mr.
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    • 342 3 —Straits Times, July 12 The voters of Hong Lim constituency have endorsed the People’s Action Party after rejecting P.A.P. candidates on two previous occasions. Mr. K. C. Lee received the support of 60 per cent of the electorate to defeat his Barisan Sosialis opponent by just over 2,000
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    • 589 3 —Straits Times. July 13 The speech in which Colonel Houari Boumedienne announced the new Algerian Government (with himself as Prime Minister and Minister for Defence) adds few new clues to the man, his ideas or the course he intends to set for his country. The June 19 coup
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    • 337 3 —Straits Times, July 13 Dato David Marshall’s call for non-political associations to help maintain and develop the understanding and enforcement of democracy, civil liberties and the rule of law must have everyone’s blessing. We need them. But it is unfortunate that Dato Marshall allowed rhetoric to carry him
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    • 703 3 Straits Times, July 15 The salient and saddest fact in the U.N.’s economic survey of development in Asia last year is the failure to develop. The goal is an average annual increase of five per cent in national income. Only five countries are maintaining or surpassing this
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    • 603 4 —Straits Times, July 16 The announcement that the Government will put up $5 million to launch a Bank Bumiputra comes within six weeks of the Economic Congress of Indigenous Peoples at which the call to set up such a bank was made. Other Congress recommendations already being
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    • 620 4 —Straits Times, July 17 The success of the emergency measures which have swiftly ended terrorism south of Kuching has choked the threat which the underground Communist organisation was about to develop. The first pleasant duty of the Minister of Home Affairs on his flying visit to Sarawak
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    • 326 4 —Straits Times. July 17 Whoever arranged for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to see eye-high durians when he visited the College of Agriculture at Serdang this week had just the sense of promotion the college needs. It is too little known. Though it is one of the foremost agricultural
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    • 192 4 —Straits Times, July I 7 A Singapore police warning that traderr who carry goods in private cars will be prosecuted has had two main consequences, one predictable and one remarkable. In the first place, the warning has set off a rush to buy small trucks and vans,
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  • 506 5 Not a dollar from S’ pore for Sabah, says Tan KUALA LUMPUR, July 9. THE Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, tonight said the Singapore Government had not sent a single dollar of the $5O million loan it was to hove contributed towards the economic and social development of
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  • 216 5 TAIPING, July 11. x Coalition which now controls the Taiping Town Council with a bare 8-7 majority will get another member on its side at the council’s next monthly meeting. Inche Pachik bin Ahmad, one of the two Independents In the 15-member council, has
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  • 52 5 PENANG, July 11—Four sections of the Vigilante Corps will be formed in the mukun of Jelutong next week. East and west Jelutong will have two sections, each. "They are being formed at the request of the mukim residents," Inche Ismail bin Idris, M.P. for Penang Selatan.
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  • 47 5 IPOH, July 11—Ten non-Malays are among the 50 competitors who will take part in a Malay shorthand competition to be held at the Kinta School of Commerce here, sponsored by the Malay Shorthand Association. on July 17 as part of the National Language Month campaign
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  • 24 5 KANGAR, July 11 The Kaum Ibu and youth sections of Perlis Utara Umno division will hold their inaugural meetings on July 15.
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  • 223 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July 11. THE Federal Minister of Sabah Affairs and 1 Civil Defence, Dato Donald Stephens, said here today that “the chances of a merger of all parties in the Sabah Alliance are good.” Speaking to reporters at the airport after a five-day visit
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  • 127 5 MUAR. July 11—The Johore branch of the National Union of Teachers has called for the immediate recognition of Indian University degrees by the Government as the first step to alleviate the acute shortage of graduate teachers. This was one of the resolutions passed
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  • 345 5 Three firms favour inclusion incommon market SINGAPORE, July 8. Three companies making steel pipes and fittings in Singapore told the Tariff Advisory Board today that they were in favour of the Inclusion of their manufactures in the common market if tariff protection was given. The
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  • 1063 6 THE HONG LIM RESULT SINGAPORE, July 11. —The newly-elected PAP assemblyman for Hong Llm, Mr. Lee Khoon Choy (above), today toured his constituency to thank the people for voting for him in yesterday’s by-elections. Mr. Lee was accompanied by scores of
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  • 344 6 ‘We are not communal, we want peace and harmony’ KOTA BHARU, July 11 Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, said last night that the utterances of Singapore leaders had to be taken seriously. Addressing Umno members here, Inche Senu
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  • 38 6 TANOKAK, July 11—The mast X-ray mobile unit will carry out free X-rays at the District Hospital here for three days from tomorrow. Those who wish to be X-rayed should called at the hospital during office hours.
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  • 156 6 CINGAPORE. July 11-The Ruth Sherman gallery in New York has described as “very successful” its recent exhibition of paintings and works by Singapore artist Goh Beng Kwan. In a letter to the Straits Times, gallery proprietor Ruth Sherman said that although Goh was Indonesianborn,
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  • 36 6 PENANG, July k r< »r District Council l6 hold a special meeting on July at the conference room, Baj g hair Tuanku Syed hi council’s men and members of the various committees for 1965-1966.
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  • 20 6 The SINGAPORE, JuJyll U1 Society St. Vincent <* hold it* festival meeting 1 tM nual dinner on July auditorium.
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  • 191 7 pledge by minister to consider amendments KUALA TRENGGANU, July 11 rrHE Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickava--1 sagam, today said that the Central Government will not withdraw the restrictions imposed on trade unions under the Emergency Regulations. The Minister, however, reiterated that
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  • 57 7 PARIT BUNTAR. July 11. The Assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Krian, Inche Mohamed Sharani bin Haji Mohamed Zainuddin, has been elected chairman of the Krian Government Servants Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society with Inche Mohamed Yahaya bin Yussuf as vicechairman, Syed Shuib bin Syed Abdul Rahman as secretary
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  • 60 7 SINGAPORE. July 11. The Society of Chinese Artists one of the oldest art societies in Singapore—celebrated its 30th anniversary last night with a variety concert at the Cultural Centre. The society is also organising a special exhibition of works by its members at the Victoria Memorial Hall
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  • 102 7 SINGAPORE, July 11.—Professor Albert G. Pickerell, director of information at the University of California, will give a series of four public lectures on “The Press and Society” under the auspices of the department of extra-mural studies, University of Singapore, beginning July 19 at the
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  • 48 7 KAULA LUMPUR. July 11. Mr John B. Amarasinghe was today elected chairman of the Selangor branch of the National Union of Teachers. Others elected were: Vice-chair-man Mr. P. K. Singh: secretary, Mr. T. Balasubramaniam; assistant secretary, Mr. Narinder Singh; and treasurer, Mr. Eu Ah Choo.
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  • 27 7 KUALA LUMPUR. July 11. Broadcasting time of the Indonesian service of SUara Malaysia has been extended by an hour every Sunday morning from 8.30 am.
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  • 237 7 KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 T'HE Australian Minister for The Army, Dr. A. A J. Forbes, arrived here today in an RAAF aircraft after visiting his country’s troops in South Vietnam. Dr. Forbes, who will pay a courtesy call on the acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul
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  • 47 7 MINEO (Sicily), July 11. A boy was In critical condition and another 10 badly injured yesterday after they threw stones at an artillery shell they found in a meadow. It blew up. The shell had lain in thick underbush for more than 20 years.
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  • 273 7 1 1 f PENANG, July 11 SUPPLIES of tin con1 centrates to the Eastern Smelting Co. decreased during the past year, mainly because of the loss of the Indonesian source as a result of confrontation, Mr. D. R. Mitchell, chairman of the board of
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  • 121 7 OENANG, July. The Kampong Makam Umno branch last night resolved to ask the Government to provide free education for students attending Malay secondary schools. The branch’s annual meeting also resolved to ask the Government to waive Lower Certificate of Education examination entrance fees for Malay
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  • 186 7 SINGAPORE, July 11. ‘THE primary production department in the Ministry of National Development is organising a big agricultural show at Kallang Park from Fept.-19 to 26 About 150 stalls depicting the lives of local farmers and their achievements are expected to go up for the
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  • 77 7 I/UALA LUMPUR, July 9 The Ministry of External Affairs today announced the Government had agreed to the appointment of Mr. Mohamed Mohamood Maharoof, at present Ceylon’s Ambassador to Japan, as Ceylon’s Hign Commissioner to Malaysia. Mr. Maharoof will reside in Kuala Lumpur. The Government of the
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  • 649 8 IF WE WANT DEMOCRACY TO SORVIVE WE MUST BE ETERNALLY VIGILANT’ KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 D A ro David Marshall today called on Malaysians to form non-political citizens’ associations to maintain and develop the understanding and enforcement of democracy, civil liberties
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  • 86 8 |(UALA TRENGGANU, July. The Sultan of Trengganu today said he was happy that his multiracial subjects had continued to live together in a spirit of mutual goodwill and understanding. The Sultan said this when speaking to about 2.000 people attending Prophet Mohamed’s birthday celebration
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  • 360 8 SINGAPORE, July 11. —The secretary-gen eral of the National Trades Union Congress, Mr. C. V. Devan Nair, said tonight that the steady erosion of trade union rights, which had been going on for some time now in Malaysia, had been inspired
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  • 377 8 To enable businessmen to invest in Sabah, Sarawak KJJALA LUMPUR, July 12 'J’HE Central Government was urged today to press for liberalisation of Borneo immigration laws to enable businessmen to invest in Sabah and Sarawak. The executive secretary of the Associated Chinese Chambers
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  • 67 8 KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 Three Malaysian statiscians will leave for Calcutta on July 14 for nine months’ training under the Colombo Plan at the Indian Statistical Education Centre. They are Mr. S. Sangarpillai, Statistics Officer of the Department of Statistics; Mr. T. Pathmanathan, Junior Assistant Commissioner
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  • 198 8 Kuala lumpur, July 12 —Work on the first phase of the $34 million Malaysian Broadcasting Centre near Pftaling Jaya has started. The first phase, costing more than $9 million, includes a television house, an administrative block, a building to store equipment and
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  • 390 9 ‘Political fund for teachers to contest polls call Kuala lumpur, July 11. —The general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Mr. John Gurusamy, today suggested that a political fund be set up to put up teachers as candidates in the next parliamentary elections. “Now that the Malaysian Trades Unions
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  • 183 9 ITU ALA LUMPU, July **l2. —The acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, will open the $5O million teaching hospital of the University of Malaya, Pantai Valley, on Aug. 2. The 800-bed hospital is now undergoing finishing touches and will be ready for
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  • 53 9 KUCHINO, July 13.—Residents of the controlled areas between the 15th and 24th mile KuchingSerian road were today warned by the officer in charge of regrouping to return to their residential centres on timeHe reminded them to be in their residential centres well before 7 pm- People are
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  • 38 9 BENTONG. July 11.—Mr. Ong Teng Fei was elected chairman of the Manchis MCA branch here- Other officials are: Vicechairman. Mr. Wong Nam Poi; secretaries. Mr. Sam Lam and Mr. Weng Kee; and treasurer Mr Low Choy.
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  • 199 9 LUMPUR, July 11. —The Malaysian Government is paying "very high rents” for "unsuitable” buildings in New Delhi and Karachi for housing its envoys and their staff. “Our High Commissioner in India and Ambassador to Pakistan are occupying buildings in residential areas which are
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  • 38 9 KUALA LUMPUR. July 13—Dr. G. D- James, general director of the Malaysian Evangelistic Fellowship, left for Hong Kong yesterday to attend the week long 'Asian Evangelist Commission Conference which begins on July 16.
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  • 28 9 KUALA SELANGOR, July 13 The Mentrl Besar of Selangor, Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, will open the annual pad! show at Sekinchan, near here tomorrow.
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  • 180 9 pENANG, July 12.—The Kota Bharu branch of Penang Umno is to appeal to the national Umno Youth leader, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, against the decision of the State Umno liaison committee that it should be dissolved. The branch spokesman, Inche
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  • 48 9 KUALA LUMPUR, July 13—The World Council of the Young Christian Workers’ Movement will be held in Bangkok from Nov. 30 to Dec. 14. The council, which meets once every four years, will be attended by more tnan 300 delegates from 98 countries, including Malaysia.
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  • 30 9 SUNGEI PATANI, July 13—The Sungei Patani Sessions Court President, Tengku Zail bin Tengku Zakariah, will leave this week for Kuala Lumpur to be a Deputy Public Prosecutor there.
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  • 226 9 Kuala lumpur, July 11.—The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today quoted from a speech by the late President Kennedy when he appealed to the workers of the nation to “ask not what your government can do for you, but what
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  • 267 9 KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 A TRADE Union Research and Service Unit was opened here today to give free advice to unions on administrative, economic and legal matters. The unit is sponsored by a number of trade union leaders headed by the former
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  • 105 9 PENANG. July 13. The Press has a social responsibility In that It Is the medium to make democracy work, Dr. Albert G. Plckerell, Professor of Journalism and Director of information at the University of California, said at a lecture on “The Press and Society”
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  • 602 10 $how faith —Tan The Defence Bonds go on sale today Kuala Lumpur July 13 THE Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, tonight called on Malaysians to buy National Defence Bonds "to show in no uncertain terms" their faith in the Government, the country, and above all, their future. He
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  • 165 10 Kuala lumpur, July 13.—The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, today announced the issue of a new cash loan of $40 million for public subscription from 10 a.m. tomorrow. The loan, which Is being issued concurrently with the National Defence Bonds, offers
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  • 115 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 13.— lnche Kamaruddin bin Arlff, formerly in charge of Association of South-East Asia affairs in the Ministry of External Affairs here, left today for Washington to become counsellor with the rank of Minister at the Malaysian Embassy. He is
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  • 307 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 12. THE limited funds allocated to the Department of Tourism is making it difficult for its director, Inche Osman Siru, to “sell” Malaysia abroad. Speaking at a luncheon meeting of the Malaysian Advertisers Association here, he said that his department received an
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  • 125 10 QRIK, July 12 The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Haji Mohamed Ghazali bin Jawi, said yesterday that the cooperative societies byelaws would be amended soon to allow for a maximum dividend of 10 per cent. The bye-laws at present limit the percentage of
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  • 179 10 SINGAPORE, July 13._Tht Singapore Umno toda\ challenged four PAp Assemblymen to resign and contest by-elections in their constituencies. The Assemblymen are the Minister for Social Affairs. Inche Othman Wok (Pasir Panjang), tin* parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, ilaji Ya’acob Mohamed
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  • 118 10 Kota baharu. July 12-a meeting of 400 chairmen of the boards of governor, of schools in Kelantan ww be held at the Ketanta" English School here on Jui> 16 to discuss school problems. nffirn The Chief Education Ofl o Kelantan. lnche Murad bin w hamed
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  • 23 10 RAUB. July 13—A mob le will give free chest X-rays > public at the District H< here from July 19 to 21.
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  • 342 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14. J’HE Ministry of Education is considering whether it should include non-government teachers in the revised salary scale for pass degree graduates. A Ministry spokesman said today: “The matter is still under consideration. It may be brought up at the meeting of the
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  • 185 11 SINGAPORE, July 14. —A $9,000 consignment of gold dust from London was flown back tonight to Singapore by u round-about route four days late. The dust, ordered by Singapore goldsmiths, was put on a Qantas Boeing jet on July 9. Hydraulic
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  • 33 11 SINGAPORE, July 13—Dr. Chen f hi Wei of Singapore has been appointed district governor of l ions International District 308 (Malaysia) with Mr. Goh Mia noon, also of Singapore, as se-cretary-treasurer.
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  • 158 11 Kuala lumpur, July, 14.—A Japanese M.P, v, r. Uichi Noda, flew in here yesterdav afternoon to discuss the “latest developments in Indonesian confrontation.” During his 10-hour stay here, Mr. Noda, an adviser to the Japanese deie«ation to the postponed Algiers conference, met the acting
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  • 83 11 SINGAPORE, July 14. .n The Royal Navy guided missile destroyer, H.M.S. London, today helped a drifting fishing boat, about 20 miles off Penang, with some petrol to enable the fishermen to return to shore. The destroyer was exercising in the area when
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  • 255 11 SINGAPORE, July 14. The Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, today described as “useless talk” the Singapore Umno’s challenge to four Malay PAP Assemblymen to resign and contest their seats in by-elections. The challenge was issued by Senator Ahmad Haji Tafr, vice-chairman of
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  • 41 11 SUNGEI PATANI, July 14—The Rev. Father Achille Choong will return here on July 17 from Rome where he studird for the priesthood An old boy of St. George’s Institution. Taiping. Father Choong has been away since 1955
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  • 224 11 Kuala lumpur, July 14.—The Government has suspended work on the multimillion dollar EastWest Highway to connect Sungei Siput in Perak with Kuala Brang in Trengganu. Instead, it is investigating a scheme, abandoned some years ago, to span the peninsula at a point somewhere north-east
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  • 105 11 Kuala lumpur. July 13. —The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said here today that Importers were not justified In Increasing the prices of pipes and tubes. The prices of the two materials have gone up in North Malaya where a shortage
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  • 36 11 MUAR, July 14—The Assistant Minister of Culture. Youth und Sports, Date Engku Muhseln bln Abdul Kadlr, will open the annual meeting of the Johore Youth Council at the Ismail School here on July 1«
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  • 243 12 Kuala lumpur, July 13.—Two Japanese university students want to stay with a Malaysian family during their visit here next year. In return they undertake to look after their hosts should they visit Tokyo. They plan to stay for two weeks in March
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  • 56 12 I£UALA LUMPUR, July 13— 11 More women have signed up for civil defence work—doubling last week’s total recruitment of 23. Yesterday the 46 women had their first lecture. They will attend a total of 12 lectures. The organisation needs at least 500 women
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  • 154 12 CINGAPORE, July 13 France’s famed novelist and Minister of Cultural Affairs, Mr. Andre Malraux, today suggested Singapore’s National Museum should be converted into “centre of the various cultures. of South-East Asia.” Singapore, he said, was ideally suited to do this because it was at the
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  • 64 12 TANAH RATA, July 13—Three Malaysian hospital workers at the British Military Hospital here were presented with testimonials by Malaya Area Commander. Brigadier P.AL. Vaux, for good services with the British Army. They are Mr. Joseph Lazarus, of the pathological and radiology department, Mr. Ivan D'Souza, a hospital
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  • 74 12 KUALA LUMPUR. July 12 Nine otflcers of the Malaysian Army left for a three-month advanced training course in Yokohama, Janan. today. The group is led by Lieut.-Col. Mahmood Suleiman. Others are: Lieut. Col. V. N. Stevenson, Major Nasir bin Moliamed Taib, Capt. l<ee Yock Min, Capt.
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  • 44 12 SINGAPORE. July 13 The Australian Army Minister, Dr. A- J. Forbes, will leave for Kuching to tour Eastern Malaysia tomorrow. Today, he visited Australian Army units In Singapore, after his arrival here from Kuala Lumpur. He returns to Australia on Saturday.
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  • 33 12 SINGAPORE. Jtfty 12 The French Minister for Cultural Ailairs, Monsieur Andre Malraux, will call on the Singapore Minister for Culture. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, at City Hall at 11.30 a.m. tomorrow.
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  • 66 12 PENANG, July 12 The Penang Umno divisional executive committee will meet soon to appoint a new permanent a.%sembly chairman to replace Inche Hashim bin Hanafl. Penang Umno president, Sycd Hassan Aidid, said today that Inche Hashlm’s resignation for health reasons had been accepted
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  • 66 12 KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 Mr. Tan Chat Tim, a lecturer In the Department of Engineering fit the University of Malaya and a member of the Apex dub here, has been elected District Govrenor of the Apex Clubs of Malaysia. He took over from Mr. Lim Ewe
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  • 43 12 SINGAPORE. July 13. Mrs. Eunice Lecomber will be installed as the new president of the Inner Wheel Club at a dinner meeting at the Adelphi Hotel grill at 8 p.m. on July 22. The out-going president is Mrs. Tan Lay Chee
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  • 232 12 KUALA LUMPUR, July 12. T*HE Central Government was today urged by the A Malaysian Trades Union Congress to save its international prestige by reconsidering the Emergency Regulations on industrial action. In a Press statement. Mr. John R. Gurusamy. the acting general secretary
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  • 55 12 PENANG, July 12—More than 1,000 people are expected to be at Bayan Lepas airport on July 18 to receive two visiting members of the Indian Parliament. The M.P.’s are Mr. C. N. Annadaurai and Mr. R. Selian of the Dravidian Munneatra Kazakam who are on
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  • 21 12 IPOH, July 13 Mr. Chong Kwee Seong has been re-elected president of the Perak Singer Machines Sales Agents’ Association.
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  • 193 12 SINGAPORE, July 13 AN American scholar, Prof. Saul K. Padover, today suggested that Malaysia could do more to make herself known to Americans. The professor, a noted writer, historian and professor of political science, said: "Though Malaysia Is well-known among people
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  • 252 12 Kuala llmpur, July 12. —The Australian Minister for the Army, Dr. A. J. Forbes, had a 45-mi-nute meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul R a z a k, here this morning during which they discussed the latest aspects of Indonesian
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  • 182 13 SINGAPORE, July 11. Federal revenue collected in Singapore for the first six months of this year, is $12.4 million more than the same period last year. The total Federal revenue collected from January to June this year was $70,085 million, according to
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  • 51 13 BATU GAJAH, July 12—Thirtyfive boys and girls of the Sultan Yussuf secondary school here are taking a course in rubber budgrafting, processing and planting. The six-month course with classes every Saturday is being conducted by Mr. Hor Tuck Fook, an assistant instructor with the Rubber Research
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  • 84 13 SINGAPORE, July 13. The Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said here last night that SingaPore had no intention of becoming “servile to anybody.” At a reception to the visiting Australian Labour oarliamcntarians at Sri Temasek. Mr. Lee said: “Humility we accept
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  • 95 13 SINGAPORE, July 12.— ViceAdmiral Sir Frank Twiss, Commander of the British Far East Fleet, left here by today for a two-day visit 2 and Sabah to visit British naval forces in the area. The visit to naval officers ana nien serving in Borneo is the first
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  • 197 13 1/UALA LUMPUR, July 12. —Public education on birth control is a must if its practice is to be popularised on a national scale, a leading Australian gynaecologist said today. Dr. W. G. Mcßride, consu 11 an t gynaecologist at Crown Street Women’s Hospital in
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  • 137 13 Kuala lumpur, July 13. The High Commissioner of India, Mr. M. K. Kidwai, today expressed the hope that there would be more exchanges of contemporary art between Malaysia and India. He was speaking at the opening of an exhibition of paintings by a one-arm
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  • 54 13 KUALA LUMPUR. July 13—Dr Saul K. Padover, an American historian and professor of political science, will talk on "The role of ideology In International politics" at 4 p.m. on July 15 at the Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club. 29. Ipoh Road. The talk will be
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  • 361 13 Bukit mertajam, July 12.—The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, last night warned the people of this country to bewdre of certain elements within the nation who were out to stir up communal trouble The threat to Malaysia was not only from abroad
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  • 243 13 CINGAPORE, July 13. Thousands of British soldiers in Malaysia will be wearing new cap badges from July 15. The change marks the formation of the British Army’s new Royal Corps of Transport and the demise of the centuriesold Royal Army Service Corps. In
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  • 57 13 KUALA LUMPUR. July 12- Mr. Murk Dion, a member of the Spanish Speaking Group here, will be host at this month s gathering on July 22. The group welcomes anyone who is interested in keeping up or improving his Spanish. Those interested may contact Mrs. Cora Geronimi
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  • 44 13 SINGAPORE, July 13—The Federal Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, will attend the annual dinner of the University of Singapore Economics Bociety at Rosee d'Or on July 17. Mr Tan will speak on the "Malaysian Common Market its Concept and Implementation."
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  • 453 14 CINGAPORE, July 14. The Singapore Government today welcomed with “appreciation” a statement by Tengku Abdul Rahman in London yesterday that the Central Government would not detain Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. But the Singapore Government knew, according to a Government statement. that
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  • 269 14 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14. THE deputy leader of the Australian opposition Labour Party, Mr. E. G. Whitlam, reiterated today that all political parties in his country endorsed the Governments policy to support Malaysia. Malaysia had every i gnt to defend her integrity
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  • 92 14 SINGAPORE, July 14—The executive committee of Nanyang University has approved a plan to “revitalise" the university’s regional committees in the various States throughout Malaysia. Under this plan, distinguished social personalities will be elected members of the regional committees to replace those members who have died
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  • 32 14 KLANO, Wed. The Klang Town Council is now carrying out an intensive “keep the town clean” campaign. The Council has asked for cooperation to make the campaign a success
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  • 44 14 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14. Inclu; Zain Din Kitssim ha« been elected chairman of the Selangor branch of the Union of Postal Uniformed Staff Other officials are: Mr. P. Ramasamy. secretary, Mr. R. Munusnmy, treasurer, and Mr. Nr Sene Chye, organising secretary.
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  • 198 14 SINGAPORE July 13. |VfR. C. N. Annadurai, secretary-general of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam of Madras (DMK), is due here on Jiny 13 afternoon for a two- day visit. The DMK advocates the establishment of an independent federation of Tamil states In South India. On
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  • 64 14 KOTA BHARU, July 13.—More Peace Corps volunteers will come to Malaya within six months, the U.S, Ambassador. Mr. James D. Bell, said here today. Mr Bell, who was winding up a two-day visit, said that the ministries of Health and Education had requested for more Peace
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  • 320 14 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14. THE Bank Bumiputra the Bank of the indigenous people is to be launched with Government capital of $5 million, Tun Abdul Razak announced today. The bank, to be run strictly on commercial lines, will establish branches in the mainland
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  • 121 14 KUALA LUMPUR. July 13.—The executive secretary of the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs, Inche Mohamed Nasir bin Ibrahim, today described as “most unfortunate/’ the incident that led to the Mentri Besar of Negri Sembilan, Dato (Dr.) Mohamed Said bin Mohamed. walking out of the
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  • 66 14 SINGAPORE, July 13— The protem secretary of the Malaysian Solidarity Convention, Mr- kC- Lee, said today that J meeting of the convention would be held in Singapore on July 17 to report on its activities and to discuss future plans carry out its objectives Representatives from
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  • 48 14 BATU GAJAH, July 12—Inche Mohamed Senawi bin Haji Zainm*din, District Officer Kinta. has been transferred to the Ministry oi Local Government and Housing 1 Kuala Lumpur. He has been succeeded by Raja Abdul Aziz dm Raja Hall Ahmad from the Malayan Railway Services Commission.
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  • 519 15 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 THE acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, and the Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Slew Sin, today got the sale of Na-. tional Defence Bonds off to a flying start when they bought $ll,OOO worth of bonds between them. The
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  • 179 15 Party chief’ s expulsion: A meeting soon PENANG, July 14.—The Penang and Province Wellesley division of Party Rakyat proposes to hold a special meeting to discuss the recent expulsion of the party’s Penang divisional president, Inche Omar bin Othman. by the Sungei Pinang branch. The divisional secretary. Inche Salleh bin
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  • 270 15 SINGAPORE, July 12. SINGAPORE’S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night asked the Alliance Government in Kuala Lumpur to “ponder” over the results of the Hong Lim by-election. He warned that although 60 per cent voted for a Malaysian Malaysia, 40 per
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  • 56 15 Y’ s Men’s Club official due SINGAPORE. July 14—The international secretary of the International Association of Y’s Men’s Clubs, Mr. Gerald L. Heyl, Will arrive here on Saturday for a four-day visit. Mr. Heyl, who Is on a Far East tour of the association’s clubs, will next visit Taipeh, Seoul,
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  • 88 15 SINGAPORE, July 15. The Indian Deputy High Commissioner In Singapore, Mr. Thomas Abraham, was a guest of honour tonight at a dinner given by the Singapore Fish Merchants’ Association at the Peking Restaurant to thank the Indian Government for Its sympathetic treatment of
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  • 196 15 ¥POH, July 14. A oneJ day exhibition in conjunction with World Health Day observance will be opened at the St. John Ambulance Association here on Saturday by the Sultan of Perak. Exhibits will be put up by the Klnta health department’s maternal and child health
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  • 84 15 Kuala lumpur, July 15— The Royal Malaysian Air Force Volunteer Reserve needs Malaysians between the ages of 18 and 25 for Its pilot branch. Candidates must have passed at least the Malaysian Certificate of Education or its equivalent with a pass In Malay or
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  • 38 15 KLUANO. July 15- The Kluang Amateur Dramatic Society will stage a musical revue. “Fringe Benefits”, at the Garrison Theatre here on July 22, 23 and 24 at 8.30 pm. Tickets are available at the Naafl Grocery.
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  • 540 16 SINGAPORE, July 15 SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said tonight that the initiative to resolve the differences between the Singapore and Central governments now rested with Tengku Abdul Rahman. “Let us stop this communal politicking every day in the Utusan (Melayu),
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  • 246 16 OINGAPORE. July 15. An American newspaper editor, Mr. Emmett Dedmond, said here today that Malaysia has shown to the world that orderly development and progress are possible without resorting to “narrow nationalism" as in some African nations. Malaysia, he added, has also proved
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  • 53 16 KUALA LUMPUR. July 15 Twenty nine government officials from southern Thailand, led by the Mayor of Yala. Mr. Chalerm Suwannetr. will visit Kuala Lumpur and Singapore from July 17 to 19. They will visit the Petaling Jaya Town Board and the National Operations Room on
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  • 59 16 KUALA LUMPUR July 15. The four newly-appointed Parliamentary secretaries Inche Ali bin Haji Ahmad < Ministry of Finance), Mr. Lee San Choon (Ministry of Labour), Inche Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman (Ministry of Health >, and Mr. Chen Wing Sum (Deputy Prime Minister) will take the oath of secrecy
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  • 38 16 ALOR STAR, July 15—A 71-Vfar-old cyclist, Nik Arif fin bin Nik Nat, who was knocked down f >v a lorry at Seberang Perak on July 13, died last night In the Alor Star General Hospital.
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  • 33 16 KUALA LUMPUR, July 15—The All-Malaya Musrrm Welfare Organisation will celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Muhammad on July 18 at 4 p m at the Language Institute Pantai Valley.
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  • 593 16  -  From Geoffrey Geldard: Kuchjng Ju|y THE Minister of Home Affairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman declared here today that the Communists and the Indonesians would not succeed in their latest terror tactics against the people of Sarawak. Dato Ismail, wearing jungle
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  • 54 16 ALOR STAR, July lo-S'iP Abdul Hadi bin Moh umcd >.!>>.•■ OCCI ‘for Kedah and Perils, nataken over as Deputy Chiet ui. Officer for the two StatesHe succeeds Asst. CommlPsloiv’r Tung Kwan Boon who for a police course In Kuaia Bahru -Deputy Supt- Teoh Sei Chuan
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  • 28 16 PARIT BUNTAR. July 15—T pupils and staff of the Nam Chinese Primary School 111 coastal village of Tanjong dang have donated $543 National Defence Fund.
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  • 298 17 ON-THE-SPOT CHECK ON THEIR ACTIVITIES KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 THE acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, and the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, will in a few days receive the first report of a secret on-the-spot check on the activities of
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  • 194 17 KUALA LUMPUR, July 15. rHE acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today sent messages of condolence to President Johnson and the State Department in Washington on the death of Mr. Adlai Stevenson, the U S Permanent Representative in the United Nations. The message to President Johnson
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  • 98 17 KUALA LUMPUR, July 16The Tariff Advisory Board announced today that the public inquiry on Group C items of the boar/s second Common Market list will opes here on July 20. The Inquiry will deal with the following items: JULY 20: Air conditionink machines, refrigerators
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  • 32 17 SINGAPORE, July 15—A group lou members oi me 21 'jeers Squadron of the Malaysian engineers will leave Singapore in me Kunak tomorrow for Kuching 10 work in the resettlement area.
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  • 50 17 SINGAPORE. July 16 rhe Education Minister. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will visit the University of Singapore in Bukit Timah at 1080 am. tomorrow He will be accompanied by his Parliamentary Secretary. Inche A Rahim Ishak. and the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry. Mr Kwan Sai Kheong.
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  • 27 17 KLUANG, July 16 The Canosian Convent Scrool here will hold a food and fun fair In aid of their school welfare fund on July 30.
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  • 188 17 SINGAPORE, July 16. —Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said today that tolerance was the touchstone to the survival of a multi-reli-gious, multi-r a c 1 a 1 Malaysia. Intolerance in whatever sector of the community must be actively opposed, he said
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  • 61 17 SUNGEI PATANI, July 16— The St. John Council. States of Malaya, will meet in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow under the chairmanship of the Minister of Health, Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin who is chairman of the council. The meeting will consider the formation of the proposed Malaysian
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  • 51 17 PENANO, July 15—Inche Mohamed Yusoflf bin HaJI Salleh, Supt of Customs. Revenue Branch, Penang, has been transferred to Taiplng as Benlor Bupt of Customs. Perak North He will take over from Inche Radzl bin Pachee. who Is leaving soon for Australia to attend a Customs administrative
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  • 202 17 SINGAPORE, July lft. Singapore’s Education Minister, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, today promised the University of Singapore financial aid to meet “certain priorities" under its next fiveyear expansion plan. He listed these priorities as; ENLARGEMENT of present intake of students into the University. The University
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  • 105 17 KUALA LUMPUR. July 15. —The “berzanji” (religious song) competition which will be one of the highlights In the programme of the opening ceremony of the National Mosque here on Aug. 27 has been expanded to cover all the 14 States of Malaysia. The secretary of the National
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  • 38 17 SEREMBAN. July 15 The new 1500 000 day training centre in Jalan Sikamat here which came into use in June last year will be officially opened on Saturday by the Minister of Education, Inche Khlr Johari.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2039 18 From Our Market Correspondent TIERE was a slightly larger turnover on the 1 Stock Exchange last week, but as the turnover in the previous week had been at a low ebb the comparison reflected little real improvement in trading conditions. The total turnover of
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    • 241 18 A 1 OUST first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Sinjaporr and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 67 cents per lb., up a quarter of a cent on Thursday’s closing level for the position. The tone was slightly easier. R.A.S. and F.M.R.E. closing prices in cents
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    • 35 18 Ribbf.r tin 1 (per lb L (P fr Picul). July 12. 67% cts. $707.00 13. 68% cts. $703.00 14. 68 Vi eta. $705.62% 13. 67% cts. $713.12% 16. 67% cts. $714.75 I7, $715.12%
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    • 24 18 I M* Exchange Bank*' Alia. r«i*.a Chanß P" ln .at.-* to ,IW) OO Ba,Ur<, “> (all iiaf* r Ho ,nd Rsr KrJ; K°;.na;
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    • 45 18 Current Date of Total for I^talfor Hongkong Shanghai^" I™* 1 Payment yMr rfvio s Bank 3s. 6d.t Aug. 23 Malayan Tobacco 6%t Aug. 30 l 8 3% Singapore Para 15% Sept. 14 15% ifi<y Windsor Rubber 2}d. Aug. 24 4d. 41d° t Interim
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    • 44 18 r PHE Malayan Exchange Banks’ Amo--4 elation made these changes In Ita rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Sailing TT or OD ready: Holland Guilder* 11BJ: Swiss Franca 140 3/8; French Franc* 158 7/8; Italian Lira *****; Swedieh Kroner 1675.
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    • 417 18 T'HE past week's market ha, stated .a!* 2° e snS*jl i state H.C.B Co. Ltd S revie W Weekly rUbber mar f a J lier the market h ad ruied QmetJy steady, mainly over eas advices, but on Wednesday a gradual decline set in
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    • 34 18 the free exchange market n Kong yeaterday, the US. do was quoted at 5.761 for T.T. a for ca*h. aud Sterling was quoted at 10.0 J one tael of gold at 2t>o|.
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    • 24 18 July 16MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 67A tents (»P quarter of a cent). TIN: $714.75 («P Unofficial estimated offering 260 tons (down 15 tons).
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  • 293 19 P 0^ atas rriiiclsrd Singapore M? “sr^ssKt a time when the Pf°P|* had “beffnn. to accept the concept of ope natldn and one conntry.’fjggggft He was opening the new $225,845 hulWto* Of the Chong Hwa 8chool at Rengit. near here. The t*v*
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  • 281 19 IT U A L A LUMPUR, July 16.—The acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul- Razak, tonight said that Malaysia was in “good hands’* 'as long as there were voluntary organisations, such ad the Rotary Club, which were willing to give service. He said
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  • 276 19 {SINGAPORE, July 16. f Two Indian M.Ps, Mr. C. N. Annadurai and -Mr. Era Sezhian, received a rousing reception when they flew in this evening for a 10-i day goodwill visit of Malaysia. A crowd of more than 2,000. mostly members of the
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  • 187 19 SINGAPORE, July 16. —Mr. Lee Kuan Yew will meet leaders of the National Trades Union Congress and Public Daily-Rated Employees Unions Federation at 11.30 a.m on July 2 But the meeting will be limited to not more than 12 representatives from both
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  • 44 19 SEREMBAN, July W—Th# British High Commissioner, Loro Head, and Lady Head called on the Vang di-Pertuan Besar and the Tengku Ampuan of Negri Sembllan yesterday at the Istana Hlnggap. Earlier. Lord Head inspected the Headquarters. Malaya Area at Rasah
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  • 78 19 tom^ OR STAR July 16.—A CUS8e u p s arrested a Thai and heJ?J* 20 lb of ganja (Indian K ,.P n a 2 3 0 a m. ambush at Ku«i a Perils today by actlnR SuDt •L tS?** Syed Ahmad Idld. Un Vnf alighting from
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  • 82 19 KUALA LUMPUR. July 15 About 100 members of the Malaysian branch of the Royal Comon July 21 for a six-week tour on Wednesday for a six-week tour of Britain. u The president of the branch. Inche Othman bin Mohamed, and the secretary. Mr Alexander Lee
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  • 16 19 DUNGUN, July 16—The District Surveyor, Kemaman, Mr. Neoh Soo Theam, has been transferred to Singapore.
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  • 188 19 Perlis State plan nearly completed’ KANGAR, July 16. NEARLY all projects under the second Perlis five-year development plan have been completed, the Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad, said yesterday. Under this plan, he told a special meeting of the Peril* Selatan Umno executive committee at Simpang Ampat total expenditure on
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  • 157 19 KUALA LUMPUR, 11 July 15.—-The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today called on parents not to depend on Government assistance for improving the education of their children. Speaking at the opening of a $40,000 Malav school at Sungei 8ekamat.
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  • 120 19 SINGAPORE, July 1ft. A British Eagle Airways aircraft left Singapore today for Hong Kong where it will pick up passengers—most of them British Servicemen and their families —bound for Britain. This was the plane which landed safely at Singapore Airport at 7.50 last
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  • 76 19 KANGAR, July lft<— 1 To gain more supporters throughout the State, Perils Umno plana to establish branches In several PMIP strongholds. The Selatan division will soon set up a special secretariat at Utan AJ1, regarded by Umno leaders as a “black area.” Another move is
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  • 1082 20 GREAT EAGLE ($130) AND FIRST FLAME ($142) pENANG, July 18. Shock successes by Great Eagle and First Flame highlighted, the opening day of the July meeting here today. 1— One CL. Drv. *—IF Mandarin K on gal’s (4) SPARTAN 8.0 (647 —166) M. Lee 1
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  • 210 20 lfUALA LUMPUR, July 18. The National Union of Teachers today called .on the Government, as a member of the International Labour Organisation, and Unesco, to implement recommendations made by these two United Nations agencies concerning the status of teachers. The union’s general
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  • 191 20 Teachers threaten drastic measures’ if Govt delays PENANG, July 18. THE Penang branch of the National Union of Teachers today warned that it would have '‘no alternative but to resort to more vigorous and drastic measures” if the Government delayed the settlement of its claims. “Various Important Issues are still
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  • 55 20 om S Z° A <re Congress, Singapore., are. President. Mr. John Vice-presidents, Mr. f. and Mr. J.G- Advani; Secret..) y General, Mr. Arthur Pa»°- puty secretary-general, Ponnueamy; Asst. Mr general. Mr. N. VelUtharn D.M. All and Madam Atoka dullah; Treasurer. Mr. 8- A plah; Auditors. Mr.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 42 20 —BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $45,179. 1st No. 17X304 >27.110 2nd No. X231S0 > €.770 3rd No. *****6 3.360 Starters ($564 each): Nos. *****0 *****7 *****1 *****8 *****1 *****1-*****6 *****6. Consolations ($336 eaofe}: Nos. *****6 *****1 *****5 *****3 *****1 *****7 *****4 203X71 *****7 *****3.
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