The Straits Budget, 19 January 1966

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  • 38 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 SERIES 692. KUALA LUMPUR, JANUARY 19. 1966. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling: KDN. 2035
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    • 213 2  -  L. T. FIRBANK Singapore YOU quote British MP. Tom Dalyell as thinking that Britain should now quit Eastern Malaysia and that Indonesia would not attempt a military takeover it she did Yet Soekarno and Subandrlo repeatedly shout “Crush Malaysia”. So does Nasution. Without the security
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    • 72 2  -  INTERVIEWED Bentong T*HE selection of teach--1 ers by Interview for one-year supplementary courses In our teacher training colleges is a farce. Many teachers went for these interviews, some for several successive years, and were never selected. Others without even the minimum number of years of experience were chosen. If
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    • 74 2  -  MOTORIST U Kota Bharu RECENTLY I was summoned by the Traffic Police for parking my car more than three feet from the edge of the road There is nothing to show v. here the three feet mark is md motorists cannot measur; -nd then park their cars. The
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    • 574 2  -  G. S. ANG Singapore HEAVY SYLLABUS AND FALLING STANDARDS A NOTHER school year has opened, and there must be many parents who (like me) view with great misgivings the pres ent education policy. In theory this policy should in time produce a breed of scholars
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    • 349 2  -  K.R.L. WONGSANITH Charge d’Affaires, Royal Embassy of Cambodia Singapore VOU published (S.T. 1 Dec. 22) two reports: ‘Saigon says it again: Cambodia to blame” and ‘Pursuit by fire’ authority for U.S. troops” from Reuter (Saigon) and AP Washington) respectively. In the first report one reads:
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    • 64 2  -  DEVOTED 1»■ ACHERS Port Swettenham WHAT Lnche Idris All of Kampar has written 'S.T. Jan 3) about four teachers being members j! Kampar Town Council i alarming. Surely the headmaster of the ichool could do something >o dissuade them from being so active in politics There are enough
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    • 78 2  -  IAMALUDDIN MD DOIV1 Gemas IT is unfortunate that students who got Grade Three in the L.C.E. examination are not allowed to stay on for another attempt in any of the Government-aided schools. Only those who failed are considered Most of them will have to join private schools. What
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    • 156 2  -  R SI’BKAMANIAM Klang )N Nov. 1, my daughter living in Singapore’ sent me a registered letter addressed correctly to my place in Klang. It has not been delivered to me yet. On receiving subsequent letters from her I enquired at the Klani Post
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    • 189 2  -  WILLIAM CHENG for Permanent Secretary. Ministry of Education. Singapore REFER to recent cordespondence entitled Primary history fit for a d iPloma” which expressed the view that the Priu a t r^^ IX f his tory syllabus CuU fn? te nS 'I e and orPrimo. l lve
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    • 610 3 S'raits Times. January 1* Indonesian “feelers" on the possibility of some form ot relations with Malaysia othei than confrontation evidently are not taken sufficiently l seriously to be kept secret. The Tengku did not have much to say about them, but he did disclose that the army
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    • 345 3 —Straits Times. January 11 The Singapore Earisan Sosialis is paying a high price for the hidebound policies which led it to call Singapore’s independence “phoney” and to boycott Parliament. Mr. Lim Huan Boon, the party’s leader in Parliament, has been expelled for moving to resign his seat and
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    • 288 3 Straits Times. January 11 Dead for nearly a month, the end of the Socialist Front has now been formally recognised by Labour Party officials whose chairman yesterday announced their “decision to disengage.” The party's executive will confirm the Front’s dissolution this weekend. Mr. Lim Kean Siew
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    • 901 3 --Straits Times, January 12 The death of India’s Prime Minister in the hour of success at Tashkent is a cruel and bitter shock. Lai Bahadur Shastri died as the world rejoiced at the prospect of a new era between his country and Pakistan, ending two decades of
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    • 349 3 Straits Times. January 12 It seems that the Central Government reversed too quickly its decision to send relief rice supplies to the flood-stricken states of Kelantan and Trcngganu. Even it more serious floods do not occur, distress is widespread and the welfare authorities could make good use of
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    • 326 4 Straits Times. January 13 The Batu Pahat Town Council meets today to discuss the nightmarish confusion which has followed its president's intelligent efforts to keep it solvent. Nothing has gone right since the Johore State Government told the council it must balance its budget, now registering a $241,000
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    • 254 4 —Straits Times. January 13 More difficult trading conditions last year did not interrupt Hong Kong's record breaking progress, but there is a gloomy note in the bulletin of the Chinese Gen- j eral Chamber of Commeice i which warns against expectations of any substantial increase in trade with
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    • 674 4 —Straits Times. January 14 Mr. Harold Wilson went to the Lagos conference on Rhodesia to ask for time to let sanctions work, and time he has been given. But the success is not his alone. That the conference was so representative of the Commonwealth makes it an
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    • 412 4 —Straits Times. January 14 Soekarno seems to have brought himself, or been brought, close to the point of banning the Indonesian Communist Party. The army hav- j Lng already arrested all the top communist leaders, and closed the provincial branches, it would not appear to be a
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    • 387 4 —Straits Times, January 15 So Singapore is going to get its monorail. At least, this is the obvious interpretation to be placed on information that the Kallang Park sports complex will be served by this ultra-modern means of travel and on a diagram which shows' exactly where
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  • 67 4 SINGAPORE, Jan. 14 r- Singapore will be represented at the three-day Population Council conference in New York, which begins on Jan. 20, by Processor Tow Slang Hwa, the head of the department -of obstetrics and gynaecology of the University of Singapore. U The professor will Jeavfe
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  • 252 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 9. THE Royal Commission of Inquiry into the working of local councils will resume hearings on Feb. 1. The commission, set up last June, hopes to complete its work by June and submit the report to the Cabinet
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  • 26 5 IELUK ANSON. Jan. 9 The Town Council here has set aside 512,000 for the construction ol Permanent stalls for hawkers in Paulin Street.
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  • 168 5 OENANG, Jan. 9.—The Penang and Province Wellesley Malay Teachers Union will hold an emergency meeting soon to protest against the manner in which Malay schoolteachers are being transferred. The union will Investigate an allegation by a member that Malay school teachers were being placed
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  • 399 5 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9 A prominent leftwing trade unionist and Barisan Sosialis M.P., Mr. S. T Bani. now under detention at Changi prison, has renounced Communism and is to quit politics for good. In a public statement released today. Mr. Bani also announced his resignation from
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  • 294 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9. Malayan Chinese Association is calling an extraordinary meeting of its central working committee lu re on Jan. 31 to discuss proposed amendments to its constitution. Copies ot t\ e amended draft by the president, Mr. Tan Siew Sin,
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  • 34 5 SINGAPORE, Jan. 9.—The Singapore Red Crass detachment 21 today threw a Chinese New Year tea party for the 40 crippled children of the Red Cioss Crippled Children’s Horn in Tanah Merah.
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  • 164 5 OENANG. Jan. 9—With about 800 Thai students back in Penang for the new school term beginning tomorrow, the Thai Consulate here today appealed to the public to report cases of students breaking the ban on riding motor cycles. The Consul, Mr. Swate
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  • 29 5 MUAR, Jan. 9—The Johore Government is to build five markets in various local councils In the Muar district under the First Malaysia Plan. They will cost $178,000.
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  • 19 5 MUAR, Jan. 9—The Pontian District Rubber Merchants Association will hold its annual meeting here on Jan. 18
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  • 622 6 TENGKU: BUT WE CANNOT CONSIDER THESE APPROACHES SERIOUSLY, NOT UNTIL THINGS ARE MORE SETTLED IN INDONESIA K. LUMPUR, Jan. 9 INDONESIA has put out feelers for the resumption of relations with Malaysia, especially in barter trade, Tengku Abdul Rahman said today. The feelers had come
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  • 112 6 VJINGAPORE, Jan. 9—Four Singapore students have left for West Germany on a four-year scholarship to study engineering and mining. They are Koh Chiap Meng, Law Fatt Ming. Lee Choy Chin and Tan Fook Chai. The students, who received the awards from the Carl Duisburg Foundation,
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  • 216 6 FIRST MEETING SINCE WALKOUT Kuala lumpur. Jan. 9. —The future of that alleged Indonesian bull symbol in the Socialist Front flag, which was such an embarrassment to the party in the last general elections is in the balance. Members of the policymaking executive
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  • 31 6 r MACHANG, Jan. 9. —Mr. Wong Kam Yoong, the senior assistant of the Hanizah Primary School here, has left on transfer to the Balik Pulau English School in Penang
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  • 173 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 9- —Ten new primary schools will be opened in the Federal capital, Petaling Jaya, Klang and Banting this year to meet the increasing demand for education, Selangor’s Chief Education Officer. Mr. R. Vivekananda, disclosed to day. Other programmes drawn
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  • 48 6 PENANG, Jan. 9.—The Penang Malay Association will hold a Huri Raya party for children yf its members on the Residency ground here on Jan 24 About 50 inmates of the Penang Muslim Orphanage and Muslim children from other welfare institutions will be invited.
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  • 122 6 Jan. 9. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester cancelled their visit to 1 the Singapore Polo Club today because heavy rain washed out a scheduled polo matcVi. The only other item on the royal coil Die’s programme today was a formal call
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  • 104 6 SINGAPORE. Jan. 9. The Singapore Government has announced quarterly import quotas for four commodities. The commodities and their quotas are: FISHING nets of synthetic fibre 100 per cent of 1964 imports for the period Dec 12. 1965 to March 7, this year. TELEVISION
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  • 57 6 MALACCA, Jan. 9.—The Malacca Youth Club Is organising a "Selamat Hari Raya and Kong Hee Fatt Choy Night” at the Umno Hall here on Feb. 5. The night’s programme will Include a buffet dinner, comedy sketches, dance and a kebaya queen contest. The closing date of entries for
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  • 354 7 CONFERENCE HEARS WHY SINGAPORE CANNOT YET SET UP A WELFARE STATE SINGAPORE, Jan. 9. THE Minister of Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said last night that Singapore was not rich enough to set up a welfare State at present. Singapore’s first preoccupation shoula therefore be
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  • 28 7 SUNGEI PATANI, Jan. 9 Mr A. M Reutens has lesumcd duties as Controller of Telecommunications. Kedah and Pcrlis after acting as Controller ol Communications. Penang.
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  • 552 7 CONFRONTATION CHECKED SINGAPORE, Jan. 9 THE combined Malaysian, British and Commonwealth troops have not only prevented Malaysia from being over-run by Indonesia, but have also brought confrontation to a standstill. This was the over-all security picture as seen by the British Conservative leader,
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  • 228 7 JESSELTON, Jan. 9 yAST improvements are to be carried out in the broadcasting services in Sabah in the next five years, the Director of Broadcasting, Inche Dol Ramli, said here. This will Include the building of new stations at Tawau. Sandakan and extensions
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  • 477 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10. THE nine-year-old Socialist Front died today with the withdrawal of the Labour Party from the organisation. The chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Lim Kean Siew, told a Press conference here that the Socialist Front, which was in reality only a
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  • 49 8 MANILA, Jan. 11—The president of the ‘North Borneo Volunteers League. Mr. Manguma Abubakar. today urged the Philippine Government to exercise caution in its plan to recognise Malaysia. He said recognition of Malaysia under international law would 'anfomatically mean abandoning the Philippine claim to Sabah
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  • 361 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. —The Barisan Sosialist today described the resignation of their two parliamentary members, Mr. Kow Kee Seng and Mr. Chio Cheng Thun, as a “stab In the back” and a “setback to the whole leftwing movement and freedom struggle.” A party
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  • 423 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11. RETAINED trade unionist S.T. Bani appeared on television tonight to denounce his old party, the badly-split Barisan Sosialis. The soon-to-be-released detainee described present policies of the party he helped to found as “inimical to the national interests and
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  • 184 8 IfUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 7. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdui Razak, today said Britain should stop “making eyes” at the Rhodesian Government. In an interview with Merdeka, the Umno weekly, he said there was no reason why Britain should not immediately solve
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  • 24 8 PENANG, Jnn. 10.—The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, will open the CYMA College, Penang at 11 a m. on Jan. 15.
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  • 185 9 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 11—Legislation to make service in the Vigilante Corps throughout Malaysia compulsory has been drawn up. The "must serve" laws are expected to come into force within the next few months. The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Dato Nik Daud
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  • 298 9  -  A $5O million first... By 808 NG: Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 11 \VOKK on Malaysia's $5O million steel mill in Prai scheduled to start production in April next year will begin soon. With piling work on the site already completed, construction of the rolling
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  • 73 9 j SINGAPORE. Jan. 11 Mr. Th’ng Yong Hunt. 27. a civil engineer with the National Electricity Board, left here today for a six-month post-graduate course in hydrology at the Hydraulics Institute. Padua University, in Italy The course is sponsored by Unesco. He joined the board
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  • 140 9 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 11. —A scholarship fund board named after the late Inche Aminuddin Baki, the former Chief Education Adviser, has been set up here. Syed Nasir bin Ismail. Director of the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, was elected at a meeting yesterday to head
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  • 226 9 LUMPUR, Jan. 9. The newly- Installed president of the Junior Chamber of Malaya, Mr. Saw Hun Heng, called on the Sabah and Sarawak Junior Chambers to come together and form the Junior Chamber of Malaysia. Speaking at his installation dinner at the Royal Selangor Golf
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  • 272 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 10. rflHE Government today warned exJL patriates working in Malaysia without employment permits that "appropriate action" would be taken against them. A statement by the Controller-General of Immigration, Inc h e Ibrahim bin Ali. disclosed that a “number” of expatriates
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  • 218 9 OINGAPORE, Jan. 10. —Mrs. A. J. Rajasuriya, a representative of the World Association of Girl Guides, said here today the Girl Guides movement in Singapore was working on the right multi-racial line. Mrs Rajasurlya. who flew in from Ceylon
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  • 452 10 Umno’s reason for Socialist Front’s demise KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11 CHINESE chauvinism wgs the cause of the Socialist Front break-up, says a statement issued by Umno headquarters here today. It was commenting on the remarks made by the chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Lim
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  • 108 10 CINCiArOKL, Jan. 10 The Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Toh Chin Chyo. today criticised Singapore youths for shirking their responsibilities and allowing the Vigilante Corps to be run by older people. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the threeday People’s Association conference in Shenton
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  • 620 10 I/UALA LIMPPR, Jan. 11.—Tengku Abdul Rahman today described the death of the Indian Premier, Mr. Shastri, as a “great loss not only to India but all nations which cherish the cause of peace.” T he news of Mr. Shastri’s death, the Prime
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  • 91 10 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10. The Singapore Government today announced that Mr. Tan Kia Gan, former Minister for National Development, has been appointed chairman of the Tourist Promotion Board in place of Mr. K M. Byrne. A statement said that Mr. Tan had earlier re- signed from his appointment
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  • 316 10 PENANG, lan. 11. Penang State Government toa.xy assured holders of temporary occupation licences in the rural areas that the increase in the rates of licence fees payable this year would “not be exorbitant or cause unnecessary hardships.*’ In a statement on the
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  • 151 10 ■/UALA LUMPUR. Jan. 10 An architect practising in Malaya. Mr. Howard Ashley, has been awarded the Pan-Pacific Award Citatio. 1935, by the Hawaiian chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The citation, which will b. awarded in Honolulu this month at the annual
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  • 28 10 BENTONG, Jan. 11—Mr. Chong Kong Ming, a teacher at the Khai Mun Secondary School here, has been promoted headmaster of Sungei Ruan Secondary School in Raub.
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  • 293 11 SEREMBAN, Jan. 10. THE 12 elected Seremban town councillors 1 will not be paid their monthly allowance of $lOO from this month because they are not doing any work. But they will legally retain their posts until their terms of office expire in July.
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  • 83 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 10-The Singapore Institute of Management will conduct a course on “Mathematical Aids to Management” at the Political Study Centre on Wednesdays and Fridays, starting on Feb. 25. The course, to be conducted by Mr. C. H. Yang, lecturer in economics and statistics
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  • 67 11 .fan. 11. Sara wak’s Chief Minister. Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan tonight, called upon (he leaders oi Sabah and Sarawak to meet regularly and to work elosely together to foster greater understanding, and to help each other to solve development problems. lie was speaking at a reception
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  • 26 11 PENANG. Jan. 11—A branch ft the United Democratic Party will be formed iji Telok K urn bar village after the Hari Raya season.
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  • 182 11 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 11. The Assistant Minister of Finance, Dr. Ng Kam Poh, will leave for Pahang tomorrow on a three-day visit to explain the proposed amendments to the MCA constitution. Accompanied by the MCA publicity chief. Mr. Chan Chong Wen.
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  • 36 11 SUNGEI PATANI. Jan. 11 —lnche Ibrahim bin Haji Mahmood has been transferred here from Kelantan as District Information Officer in place of Mr. K. K. V. Nathan, who is being posted to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 340 11 B. PAHAT, Jan. 10 rOUR Socialist Front members have resigned from five committees of the Batu Pahat Town Council. The councillors are: Mr. Lai Hung Keong. Mr. Seow How Chin. Mr. Chan Pol Kuan and Mr. Lim Kim Hua. They have
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  • 76 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11—The Assistant Commissioner for Cooperative Development, Syed Kamarulzaman bin Syed Bahaldin, and the Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Inche Mohamed YusofT Rahim, will lea\e here tomorrow to attend the Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction Organisation conference in Nairobi. The 10-day
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  • 98 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 11—The Duke of Gloucester today presented awards for gallantry in the Borneo operations to officers and men of the Gurkha Rifles at a ceremony at Command House in Kheam Hock Road. Captain Bharat Rai and Lieut. Ranbahadur Pun each received the Military
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  • 356 12  -  By P. KRISHNAN: Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 12 rpFNGKU Abdul Rahman today rebuked Indonesia's First Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Subandrio, tor warning Malaysia on peace negotiations “Who is he to warn anybody?" asked the Prime Minister. He was commenting on Dr Subandrio'i warning In
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  • 137 12 Kuala lumpur. Jail. 13. —The success story of Malaysia’s achievements since independence will be viewed by more than six million people in West Germany in March A three-man German television team, led by a journalist, Mr. Kurt Morneweg, Is now visiting Malaysia to
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  • 358 12 F r U A L A LUMPUR, Jan. 12. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong today ottered “heartfelt” condolences to the Indian President on the death of Mr. Shastri. The royal telegram to Dr S Radhakrlshnan said: "The Raja
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  • 32 12 PENANG. Jan. 12—The Minister of Health, Inche Bahaman bin Satnsuddin, will give away the prizes and certificates at the annual graduation ceremony of the nursing school here on Jan. 15.
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  • 17 12 SINGAPORE. Jan. —12 Nestle’s Products (Malaya) Ltd., have donated $15,000 to the Medical Progress Fund.
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  • 275 12 JESSELTON, Jan. 12. CABAH’S Chief Minister, Mr. Peter Lo, has had “a fruitful meeting’’ with his counterpart in Sarawak over the future of civil servants in both territories. B it the matter is not yet completely cleared of the •cob webs’* and more discussions
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  • 48 12 KOTA BHARU. Jan. 12— The l youth leader of the PMIP Bandar Hulu branch, Inche Mod bin Che Mamat, 40. and his nephew, Inche Ibrahim bin Majid, 30, a local councillor at Penngat, have resigned from the party because they are “disappointed with it.”
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  • 31 12 KANOAR, Jan. 12—A new MIC branch has been formed in Padang Besar with Mr. Mydeen Shaikh Ali as president, Mr. S. Suppiah secretary and Mr. P. Muniandv treasurer.
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  • 98 12 KU A L A LUMPUR. Wed. Mrs. Betty S e e t Chee Kim (above), chairman of the Malacca branch of the Women Teachers’ Union, leaves for Britain tomorrow on a three-month study tour. She will familiarise herself with the British education system
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  • 124 12 WINGAPORT, Jan. 12.— Singapore's solicitors in renewing their practising certificates for this year are being required, for the first time, to “deliver” to the Registrar of the High Court certificates from their accountants. a spokesman for the Bar Committee disclosed today. But this, he added,
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  • 34 12 SEREMBAN. Jan. 12 ri lv Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negn Sembilan and the Tengku Ampu&n are expected home at the e nd of the month from their fourmonth holiday in Britain.
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  • 243 13 He indulged in local politics, says Tengku Kuala lumpur, Jan. 12.—An Israeli national, Mr. Moshe Yegar, who was operating a one-man firm here for the past two years was ordered out of Malaysia yesterday for “indulging in local politics.” Tengku Abdul Rahman, who disclosed this today,
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  • 82 13 x Jan. 12.— The Besar, Dato Sheikh has been elected munity Development Committee, with the State Secretary. inche Abdul Rahman bin Lebai Abbas, as vice-chairman and secretary. All State assemblymen serving chairman of the rural development committees in their own constituencies were elected to the State
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  • 199 13 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 12. Deputy Supt. Long bin Ngah mat Unah, who has been Tengku Abdul Rahman’s “shadow’ for the last six years, is going back to regular duty. He is to become 0.5.P.C., Kuala Kubu Bharu. As liaison officer for the Prime Minister,
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  • 112 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12.—The regional chairman of the International Planned Parenthood Federations Mrs. Goh Kok Kee, today received a cable from London, advising her that the IPPF will this year double its aid to family planning programmes, particularly in developing countries Welcoming the news. Mrs.
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  • 317 13 L PENANG, Jan. 12. r JpHE chairman of the Labour Party of Malaya, Mr. Lim Kean Siew, today denied that Chinese chauvinism was the cause of the break-up of the Socialist Front “The statement issued bv Inche Musa Hitam. executive secretary of Umno Headquarters, alleging
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  • 70 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12. Mr. Mahboob Ahmad. the Indian Deputy High Commissioner here, has been appointed Ambassador to Iraq. An Indian High Commission statement here today said that Mr. Ahmad, his wife and two children will leave Kuala Lumpur for India next month for a
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  • 198 13 SINGAPORE. Jan. 12. —The acting Singapore Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said this evening the existence of Singapore and Malaysia depended on both countries co-operating with each other. Singapore's attitude, he re-affirmed, was “always to work together with Malaysia." Speaking at the
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  • 56 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 14.—A Baptist minister, the Rev. Roland Biown from Chicago, will be holding a series of “Prayer Evangelism” meetings and conducting a “School of Prayer” at the Wesley Methodist Church, Malacca, trom Sunday. Rev. Brown Is on his fourth visit to Malaysia as a
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  • 28 13 BENTONO, Jan. 12—A mobile X-ray unit will visit the District Hospital here for three days be ginning from Jan. 17 to give the public free check-ups
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  • 267 13 A LOR STAR, Jan. 12.— A An Alor Star town councillor, Inche Sheikh Osman bin Ibrahim, told the council today that many landlords in Alor Star had been flouting the law by demanding big increases in house rents. Speaking on the adjournment, Inche
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  • 98 13 POH, Jan. 12 —A Federal Police Reserve unit has established a permanent base here for the first time. It is under the command of Deputy Supt. M. Balasundram. In the past, members of the FRU had been sent to Ipoh from
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  • 33 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 12—The Vietnamese Ambassador here. Mr. Tran Kim Phuong. spoke on “Communist Pressure on Freedom of the Press in Saigon’ at a Press Club of Malaya dinner tonight.
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  • 298 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. THE Singapore Government's family planning target of halving the present birth-rate from 60,000 to 30,000 a year was a "realisable objective," the Minister for Health, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, declared today He was inaugurating the newly-f ormed Singapore Family Planning and
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  • 86 14 KUANTAN. Jan 12,-The Pekan branch of the Malay Students’ Union has asked the Ministry of Education to rename the Alor Akar Secondary Technical School here as the Amlnuddln Baki Secondary Technical School. A resolution to this effect was tabled at the branchs emergency committee
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  • 56 14 PENANO. Jan. 12 Thi'ty sections 23 for fishes and for birds will be allocated at the Penang Aquurists and Aviariats’ Society exhibition to be held at the Khek Association in April. The exhibition will be confined to members only. Challenge cups will be awarded for the
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  • 36 14 TANGKAK. Jan. 12— Mr. Teo Kim Bok. a businessman, has been re-elected president of the Thor Ouan Club here. Other officials are: secretary Mr. Ong Kim Suan: and treasurer. Mr. Ong Hong Yong
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  • 82 14 ITUALA KANGSAR. f Van. 12.—The southbound day mail train from Prai to Kuala Lumpur reached Ipoh today at 2.47 p.m., two hours behind schedule. The delay was due to a minor derailment when the wheels of a wagon in the south-bound goods train
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  • 270 14 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 12.—-The sta side fo the National Whitley Council has suggested to the Special Commission on Salaries that lower grades of Government workers should be given an incremental wage scale instead of. the present fixed rate. The chairman of the Staff Side
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  • 223 14 JESSELTON, Jan. 10. T’HE chairman of the Sabah Alliance, Tun Mustapha bin Dato Harun, today spoke of “unsatisfactory conditions'’ in some, if not all. of Sabah’s hospitals regarding the treatment of patients. “Many people have come to me and told me of the various difficulties and
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  • 59 14 JSSSELTON, Jan. 12—The Duk and Duchess of Gloucester arrived here today for a three-day vi after a brief stopover at Kuchin* Tomorrow, the Duke and the Duchess will fly to Tawau to meet the Scots Guards at the frontier area. Earlier In Sarawak, the Koval
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  • 65 14 TAIPINO. Jan. 12 The Nort h Perak Anglican diocese will give i farewell party for the Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. Kenneth Sansbury. and Mrs- Sansburv at the All Saints’ youth centre here on the night of Jan. 26. The Bishop will be leaving in
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  • 31 14 BENTONG. Jan. 12—Mr. Ch\ Sing Wai has been elected cha»\ i man of the management commii tee of the public library at Sungtl I Dua. 10 miles frohi here.
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  • 172 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 10. OKILLED workers from Malaya can become permanent residents in Sabah after bein^ r there for three years. Sa b a h’s Minister of Finance, Inche Harris bln Mohamed Salleh, said this before returning to Jesselton after a routine visit here.
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  • 175 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 12. A SPECIAL Cuepacs committee, headed by its president, Mr. V. E. Jesudoss, is studying a draft constitution for the formation of a single union for government workers the Nuepacs, or National Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services.
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  • 40 14 NIBONG TEBAL, Jan. 12-Menv bers of the Sungal Bakau Youu' Club, five miles from here, n sent a collection of old clotn j to the district welfare commitfor distribution to the undo* privileged in South Province.
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  • 178 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 12.—As the Hanover aircraft carrying the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester took oil from Singapore Airport for Kuching today a slim pretty girl watched silently from the tarmac, it was "mission accomplished" tor Woman Constable Ling Mei Leng, bodyguard for the
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  • 78 15 SEREMBAN. Jan. 13 Nt g i Sembilan State assemblymen and district officers were today advised to explain to the people why the Central Government had cut down expenditure for various projects in the Five-Year Malaysia Plan. The advice came from the Mentri Besar. Dato (Dr.)
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  • 101 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Ja.n. 13—The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, will open the $2.4 million Bukit Rajah palm oil mill in Klang on Jan. 27. The mill, run by the Seafield Amalgamated Rubber Co. Ltd., is designed with processing
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  • 25 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13. The British acting High Commissioner here, Mr J.R A Bottomley, today flew to Singapore for a “routine visit.”
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  • 421 15  -  DETAINEE QUITS MCP, HAILS SINGAPORE INDEPENDENCE By JACKIE SAM SINGAPORE, Jan. 13 A CARD-CARRY-ING Communist renounced his cause today. Pang Toon Tin. the Singapore Party Rakyat’s imprisoned leader, said he was now convinced that armed revolution had no place in Singapore.
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  • 150 15 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 13. Tenders from four countries, including Malaysia, for the construtcion of the first phase of the $204-million Muda River project are still under consideration. “No award has been made yet,” the Director of the Drainage and Irrigation Department, Mr. Ow Yang
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  • 77 15 UPI. SINGAPORE. Jan. 13 The dissolution of the Indonesian Communist Party and the expulsion of the 65 PKI members from the Gotong Royong Parliament are matters for President Soekarno to decider Radio Jakarta said this afternoon. The broadcast said this was stated by the chairman
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  • 52 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13 Mr. Gaston Rueff, vice-president of the French Institute of Rubber Research, arrived here today to see the new rubber processing system and to visit the Rubber Research Institute. He said he was mainly interested in the processes involved in the treatment
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  • 43 15 KULIM, Jan. 13—Mr. Ong Leng Oin, of the Kedah Secondary School, has assumed duties here as headmaster of the Sultan Badllshah Secondary School, whose former head Mr. D. S- David has gone on transfer to Kelantan as Deputy Chief Education Officer.
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  • 285 16  -  By ERNEST FRIDA: Singapore, Jan. 13 'THE SINGAPORE Government is to put up a multi-million-dollar sports complex at the 90acre Kallang Park. The plans have been drawn up and construction will begin soon. The first phase is expected to be completed by the end of
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  • 345 16 MALACCA, Jan. 13 SPHERE will be com- plete informality on Jan. 18, when the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visit Terendak Camp here, home of the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade. There will be no guard of honour at the camp entrance, and
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  • 405 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14. ROW is brewing between the Malaysian Trades Union Congress and the Ministry of Labour over the registration of the newly formed Malayan Teachers' Union. The delegates conference of the MTUC held recently unanimously passed a resolution urging the
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  • 216 17 IPOH, Jan. 14. The i 1 Inner Wheel Club of Ipoh, whose members are wives and daughI ters of Rotarians, has allotted $l,OOO for the purchase of books for poor and deserving pupils studying in primary schools here. “This is one of our projects
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  • 129 17 I£UALA LUMPUR. J an 14. —Eight Australian teachers four men and four women will arrive here on Jan. 16 to teach In Malaysian schools for two years. As members of the Australian Volunteers Abroad, a private organisation, they have ottered their services to
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  • 202 17  -  From Geoffrey Geldard: Kuching, Jan. 14 Yf ALAYSIAN soldiers who have helped the Sarawak Government with major development work and the building of the new villages on the Kuchin g-to-Serian road, left for home today. They are the Fourth Squadron Malaysian Engineers, who
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  • 375 17 The work permit law takes effect in Februar y SINGAPORE. Jan. 14 ALL non-citizens of Si n g a pore whether they are already in employment or are seeking employment at basic salary of not more than 5750 a month, must apply for work permits from next month The new
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  • 129 17 TRENGGAAYNU, Jan. 14. The first batch of 200 national servicemen from the east coast will pass out from the training centre at Seberang Takir, near here, tomorrow. The Regent of Treng- ganu will take the salute and review the parade. He will also address the
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2611 18 From Our Market Correspondent IWTRKMELY active conditions, which had a J rather healthier look about them, characterised the Stock Exchange last week and on Thursday and Friday very nearly S 2 million worth of tin shares changed hands in the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
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    • 438 18 rptilS week values on nearI by rubber lost U cents, and the easier trend continued report li.C'.R. Co. ltd in their current local Rubber Market survey. 1 lin w is due in part to thumbed M iitimeiit partly to pressure developuik' on the January position
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    • 83 18 hinESE Produce Cechange, Singa- pore noon price* per picul jreeterday Coconut oil: Imik CVS seller* dr urn V>< sellers Prppsr Jan KVb I'K Continent t UHnoted Popper Muntol vn r |222| sellers Sll .ik v\lnte $220 selleis. epeeiai s»r.teak Oink st.%. sellers, garbled I r-i|M*n ig link Jl.V.iiNi
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    • 52 18 (M.uia<«rj' Pncf>) r >' M nayaii l'.u* 17 I M tlavtiti |.»4 1.54 vl 1 nil Malayan 1 (*‘i j *jii "iiivi.i Commerce M:'» M (l s;*\ in* Fund 1 19 1 :m Hon*; Koiik 1 HO 04 oii IIuiik Kon.; T'.’ Cotmnoduy 4 1 4 i (•Motif;
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    • 37 18 t'i» Iro iithiKiii mukil in Hi»ti< Koi»4 yp-tetdiv the r .4 <4uot».-«l at 701 lot T T 1 r,'< tut ca»h Stlrlu«4 ji i|oot 1 at I < 4-!4 I nt «t K o(d a .o.,|
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    • 53 18 l..d.islri.u J rnVL Jan Jan 12 u Jan. 14. Jan. 15 l"n“ ,Sf ff 88 45 OB 77 89.22 89 99 rubber, 194 8- JJ?!: 109 8 113.22 112 74 112.20 NHm. 104.8, 104 8, 104 8. 105 1,10 a la 105.15 Doc 30 196T1 100 Dec.
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    • 61 18 'THE Association of Bank* In Malay- *ia made the.«e changes In Its rates to merchants on Saturday (all ratt*3 to $100 Canada; huvlnc TT 351. airmail Ot> 351, 90 d st. 3b credit bills, 3b* trade hills Selling TT or OO ready: Canada 35: West Oirmany 130 J;
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    • 43 18 r PllE present rate of Hm* dollar against the pound «d' M ling fixed on November 21. !!»•>« selling T.T. or O.l). 2s. 3 ,,,a O.l). 2s. 4'nd. The dollar is at its statuto middle position in relation range against the pound.
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  • 235 19  -  By Francis Emmanuel Kuala lumpur. Jan. 13. Malaysian badminton players will not have any spe- cial training for their Thomas Cup Asian zone first round match against India in September. This is because Malaysia t\.ur best players will be competing in the All-Eng
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  • 113 19 I SINGAPORE. Jan. 13.—The Singapore Amateur F A last night became the Foot”a^rii*Si'oc*a^on °f Singapore n'.rJ 16 t^ c,s,on to change thf anmfnn ,f l^ c assocl *tion was un- ous a f an extraordinary genual meeting, presided by Tay Soo ong in the absence
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  • 70 19 p K .u A LA LUMPUR, Jan. 15 Football Association 0 f Malaysia have offered the touring Yugoslavia team. OFK Belgrade f. n Kuala Lumpur In ttie first week c«f February A 'r^nfoH fr i orn *w he Yugoslavs is expected in the next two
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  • 782 19  -  37th MALAYA CUP RUGBY FINAL By NORMAN SIEBEL Kuala lumpur, Jan. 3. Unconquered Singapore Joint Services had their finest hour of the season in the final of H.M.S. Malaya Cup Rugby Football competition when they overpowered Selangor 39-nil on the Padang this evening. The King
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  • 360 19 IFOH, Jan. 13. Four Singapore golfers are among the 57 entries for the 22nd North Malayan amateur golf championship, organised by the Perak Turf Club Sports Club, from Jan. 22 to 24. Abdul Hamid bin Hail Omar, the PTCSC golf captain, said Singapore golfers
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  • 110 19 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16—OFK Belgrade, current league champions of Yugoslavia, thrashed a Singapore Invitation side 6-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight in he second and last match of theii tour. The tourists adapted themselves well to a wet pitch and gave the spectators, who included FA o/
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  • 33 19 SEREMBAN, Jan. 15 Perak beat Negri-Malacca by 14 points (goal, three tries) to 10 (two goals) in the annual rugger match for the Farleigh-Robert-son trophy on the Station [adang here today.
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  • 1002 20 IPOH, Jan. 12.- TULLY 1 STAR, ridden by Johnny Nelson, pulled oIT a shock win in the last race at Ipoh today. He paid dividends of $226 for win and S6O for place. Race One i CL. 6. DIV. 2—5 F STIC O S. Tan’s (8)
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  • 901 20 JPOH, Jan. 16. —Miner, ridden by apprentice Dick Low. won the Class Three trophy race in a thrilling photofinish here today. Race One CLASS G DIV 2 64 (For apprentice riders) Inkv Kongsi's i 2» LEADER 811 (1213—276>
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 73 20 BIG SWEEPTOTAL POOL: $94,250 1st No. *****1 $23,327 2nd No. *****4 $11,603 3rd No. *****6 $5,831 Starters ($618 each!: Nos. *****3 *****3 *****6 *****7 *****6 *****5 *****1 *****9 *****3 *****7. Consolation ($453 each)* Nos. *****3 *****0 *****2 *****4 *****4 *****8 *****3 *****3 *****4 *****1. The Big Sweep 1 TOTAL POOL.
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