The Straits Budget, 26 January 1966

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  • 37 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL NCWSPAPCR REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER SERIES 693. KUALA LUMPUR, JANUARY 26, 1966 Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN. 2035
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    • 357 2  -  STTDENT TEACHER Singapore b REFER to the letter ‘Present Education Policy' (S.T. Jan. 15). The writer criticised a Pr. 3 text book and enlightened us on the syllabus. Now. na teacher has ever been encouraged to >tay strictly to the text n inks He selects
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    • 58 2  -  tan buck eve. Singapore r P!IE statement bv the iv* Minister for Labour. Mr Jek Yuen Thong mat democracy still Xists in Singapore because a by-election is still beinu held is fallacious. If this is the loeic of his argument. could we 'nter that demoeraev in Singapore was dead
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    • 115 2  -  SIIZANNK Singapore I'HE Ministry of Edu- cation’s present, system of granting remission of fees to pupils is unlair. Remission is granted to those whose income is below $2OO/-. Thus a man earning $l9O/- with only one schooling child is allowed remission and a man earning $2OO/with ten schooling children
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    • 36 2  -  SAMPAII-SARAP Kuantan IJUANTAN is a “dirty town,” rubbish along the streets and in the drains, back-lanes are jungle paths with rats cats and stray dogs. Roads dug up are frequently left unrepaired for months.
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    • 187 2  -  CONFLSKD Singapore ACCORDING to the S.T. of Dec. 31 the Minister for Labour says “all those now over 28 years have their proof in their identity cards” (if issued in 1949 or earlier). Towards the end the report stated that an unnamed birth certificate was
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    • 417 2  -  PAWANCHIK bin ZAINUDDIN for Permanent Sec. Ministry of Health Malaysia CHOE SOON LEE Dept, of Information Malacca frustrated Singapore PUPIL Teluk Anson IAM directed to refer to the report “Specialist tells why he Is leaving service” (S.T. Jan. 14). Enche Chan Beng Keat is fully aware
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    • 197 2  -  G. PERUMA 1 Dy. General Secretary, National Union of Plantation Workers. Petaling Jaya. v REFER to the letter published (S.T. Jan 15: under the heading ‘Hostel Plea.’ The write; of this letter from Teluk Anson, knowingly or unknowingly alleges that the Indian
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    • 98 2  -  L WILSON Singapore RECENTLY I flew to 11 Labuan and at the airport canteen I was charged 15 cents for a small box of matches which is sold in SingaDore for five cents On asking the reason for this rather high price I was told by the assistant that
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    • 40 2  -  C.P.T. Seremban JDO wish T. V. Malaysia would not break ofl their films abruptly before they are completely finished in to gain time to televise their advertisements before the next item jn the programme is due to commence
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    • 101 2  -  GEORGE DAMALLAH Banting folks to k whom due credit should be given for trying to be more thrifty have been told by the Banting Postal clerk no to cause him undue inconvenience by depositing bulky single-dol-lar notes in large sums but rather to bring big dollar notes. While
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    • 64 2  -  CURIOUS Singapore IS the Telecommunications Department so understaffed as- to require the assistance of messengers in the booking of telegrams, overseas telephone calls and trunk calls? In the whole of the General Post Office there are only two public telephone call-boxes. One is reserved strictly for trunk calls while
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    • 716 3 St raffs Times January IT that order will soon be restored. It described the revolt as a mutiny. It would be easier to accept this claim were it not for the election crisis 13 months ago, the violence which marked the Western Region elections in Octobei and
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    • 720 3 Straits Times. January 18 Accustomed as the tin industry is to misrepresentation end bias, producers may be puzzled by some of the comment attributed to employees of the International Tin Council. Although Malaysia has signed the third tin agreement she is still pressing, e are told,
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    • 385 3 Straits Times, January 13 President Soekarno's offer oi a Cabinet po*t lor the man with an economic cure-all, and a bullet alter tliiee in<>nth> il lie tails, ha> atti.ieted no tak* 1* id was not sori a Jt i. s almost as haul to below that the
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    • 221 3 Slniit.s Tunes Jumutry If), Shopkeepers me not doing so well this Chinese New Year, but they still hope there will be a last day rush. Prices meanwhile are reasonable rather than seasonable, a straight tip for the consumers’, associations if ever they get going. The public has
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    • 686 3 -Straits Times. January 20 The lutwu new year lirinus three days o| peace to Vietnam. but there is no sign that the cease-lire will this ye n' mean more than the seasonal cynical truce. The Americans will continue to press their peace offensive, and Hanoi, Peking
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    • 433 4 —Straits Times. January 20 It would be patronising to write that Mrs. Indira Gandhi, India’s new Prime Minister, has taken on problems greater than a woman should have to bear, since there is no reason i why she should not bear them as well as any man. The
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    • 187 4 —Straits Times. January 21 Kuala Lumpur’s taxis must he brought under stricter control than appears to exist at present. Too many are over-driven and under-ser-viced, rattling and lurching and giving their passengers most uncomfortable and often rather frightening rides. Too many, bearing names of other districts, should not
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    • 695 4 —Straits Times, January 22 The emphasis on confrontation in official Indonesian statements would appear to 1 shrivel the peace feelers of which the Tengku has spoken. 1 Yet there is no reason to! doubt the genuine interest there is in Jakarta in the possibility of bringing confrontation
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    • 315 4 —Straits Times, January 22 Though the Lagos Commonwealth conference gave Mr. Harold Wilson, the British Prime Minister, till July to end the Rhodesian revolt, high hopes were held that he will not need so long. Mr. Wilson himself said the break could come within weeks rather than months,
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    • 247 4 ani, uiere is uu —Straits Times, January A carefully worded statement by the Ministry of External Affairs and a matching statement which was reported to be issued in Manila last night suggest that the two governments have moved closer to the resumption of normal diplomatic relation. broken off
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  • 256 5 Kean Siew explains new move to fight the Alliance more effectively KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 16. gTEPS are being taken by the Labour Party of Malaya to sound out other political parties with similar aims to form an effective opposition. Its chairman, Mr. Lim Kean Siew, told
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  • 39 5 SINGAPORE. Sun.- The Singapore Bran and Rice Merchants* Association and the Singapore Sforkfeed Manufactures’ Association will hold a cocktail party at 1-A Lorong Tolok at 10 a. m on Jan. 22 to celebrate the Spring festival.
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  • 87 5 SINGAPORE. Jan. 14.-The Barisan Sosialis today officially announced the expulsion of two of its leaders, Mr. Kow Kee Seng and Mr. Chio Cheng Thun, who a week ago had denounced the party. The expulsion was authorised by a resolution passed at a joint meeting of chairmen
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  • 69 5 SINGAPORE. Jan 16-Majoi G Fey has been elected president ol the Singapore Cuie Club at its annual meeting. Others elected: Mr. J B. Mentink, vice-president; Mr. Khoo Kay Ann, secretary; Mr. Ong Chu Seng treasurer; Mrs. S. Briggs. Mr A Futter. Mr. D R. Fail
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  • 217 5 IPOH, Jan. 16. Rural and urban health services in Perak received a substantial boost last year, the Chief Medical and Health Officer. Dr. S. Appudurai, said today. Reviewing the past year's achievements, Dr. Appudurai said: “We did well. We even started a project which was
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  • 102 5 QINGAPORE* Jan. 14—Sin--3 gapore’s Education Minister. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, said today that he had been “tremendously Impressed" by the love of the Indian people for their late Prime Minister, Mr. Shastri. On his return here after representing the Singapore Government at Mr. Shastrl’s funeral,
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  • 204 5 JESSELTON. Jan. 11—The chairman of the cost of living advisory committee, Mr. Peter Chin, has called on the various sub-com-mittees to concentrate their efforts in finding a solution to the soaring prices of commodities in the State. In a letter to members of the
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  • 412 5 K. LUMPUR, Jan. 16 prices of Siamese rice, cabbages and eggs have skyrocketed since June, last year, the first price survey, conducted by the Selangor Consumers’ Association on eight consumer goods, revealed. The most spectacular price jump has been in cabbages which
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  • 137 5 KAJANG, Jan. 16— An American Peace Corps teachers attached to Kajang High School. Miss Karen Schwartz, was highly praised by the District Officer here, Inche Haroun bin Mahmood, for the good work she had done. Inche Haroun was speaking al a dinner to
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  • 150 6 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16.—A visiting British professor has praised the standard of English of students at the University of Singapore. Prof. William Walsh, professov of education and pro vice-chancellor of Leeds University, who is here as an external examiner in English for the University of Singapore,
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  • 290 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 16. r pHE Central Government has been urged to establish a National Research Council for Science and Technology. This demand for a institution to co-ordinate and direct research on problems affecting the development of Malaysia is by
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  • 192 6 KANGAR, Jan. Id. i Haji Mokhtar bin Ismail, a Member of Parliament, has urged the immigration authorities to facilitate the entry of workers from the southern Thai province of Patani to assist in padi harvesting in, both Perlis and Kedah. “We are
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  • 30 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. lti--The Registrar of the Univers tv of Malaya will give a Press' con ference in the Faculty of Education conference room at noon tomorrow.
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  • 23 6 MUAR, Jan. 16 The Johore State Government will spend $60,000 to renovate the mosque at Sungai Matii seven miles from here.
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  • 556 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16 gINGAPORE’S progress from colonialism to an affluent, developed society would never be marred by “the bitterness of a second revolution, 4 the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said tonight. Mr. Lee, who returned after attending
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  • 81 6 SINGAPORE. Jan. 16—The registration of six societies believed to have ceased to exist will be cancelled unless they furnish proof of their existence to the Registrar of Societies within three months. They are the Bustanol Ariffin Association, the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Attendants’ Benevolent Society,
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  • 275 7 New powers to committee not the president 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 16. CUPPORT for the proposed amendments to the MCA constitution is gathering momentum. The latest to give its approval is Pahang. The Central Working Committee, the MCA parliamentary group and the Youth
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  • 38 7 Admiral' tw®' HmWrlon. FUg "e &wJ??!2£*zg72* fSi h5 o n°w &f«s reTeVaffH, °t ,h Britteh De® r 96 bCen slnga AdmlraT 1 £j?£ Ue e Nav°| ner H Wf, “P°'« at 'London Headquarters In
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  • 95 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 16.— Twenty-four family planning clinics were established by the Singapore Family Planning and Population Board last week. Three of them. Including Kandang Kerbau Hospital, will be static centres for Insertion of the intra-uterlne contraceptive device. The Board has also approved a
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  • 138 7 Kuala lumpur, jan. 16.—The Indian community here today assembled to pay its condolences to the late Prime Minister of India, Mr. Lai Bahadur Shastri. They heard Dato V. T. Sambanthan, the Minister of Works, Posts, and Telecommunications, tell the 250 strong crowd: “Sceptics have
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  • 174 7 ITUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 16 A report by a United States trade mission which visited Malaysia late last year has described the wood products industry here as “potentially great." The mission said that Malaysia’s traditional reliance on tin and rubber might soon be supplemented by the
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  • 238 7 COUNCIL SEEKS GOVT ADVICE 1 IPOH, Jan. 16 'THE Ipoh Muni--1 cipal Council has decided to write to the State Government seeking its ad*vice on the collection of arrears of rates from a “certain member of royalty.” The amount owed by the “member of royalty,”
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  • 330 7 ‘To improve conditions but not to promote doctors is association’s aim l/'UALA LUMPUR, Jan.. 16. The object of the Ministry of Health division of the Senior Government Officers’ Association is to improve the conditions of service of its members and not to decide who should be promoted or upgraded. “We
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  • 77 7 17'ANGAR > Jan. 16—Thirty-"»-two more teachers are to be recruited for additional adult education classes starting next month. “They will be required to tench Romanised Malay and domestic science.’’ Jnche Hashim bin Mo hamed Noor, the State Adult Education Officer, said today. They
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  • 28 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 14—Tue first batch of the Japan overseas co-operation volunteers, comprising live experts, will arrive here tomorrow to assist in Malaysia’s rural development programme.
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  • 278 8  -  By V.K. CHIN: Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 17 A judo expert is among the first batch of five Japanese Peace Corpstype volunteers to come here to assist in Malaysia's development programme. He is Mr. K. Murayama. 25 the holder of a third dan black belt.
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  • 55 8 Submarine’ s 21st anniversary SINGAPORE. Jan. 17-A Rova' Navy submarine, the Amphion now serving in the Far East, win'celebrate the 21st anniversary of her first commission on Jan. *l9. The Amphion, which was origin aiiy designed for war in the Pad* I Ac during World War 11. first came to
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  • 208 8 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17. The Indonesian Information Minister, Mr. Achmadi, today declared that Indonesia was in economic difficulties because of its confrontation with Malaysia. "We do not know when these diiliculties will come to an end,” he said. He was speaking at
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  • 155 8 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. of the U.S. Department of Commerce mission, who visited Singapore and Malaysia in November, have commented very favourably on business opportunities in these two countries. For Instance, the “urgent drive for industrialisation presents many opportunities for Americans to enter joint ventures
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  • 38 8 MANILA. Jan. 17 Some 200 Filipino students today gathered in front of the Congress building here to protest against the sending of Filipino combat troops to South Vietnam and denounce Malaysia as a "neo-colonialist concoction.” Reuter
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  • 283 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. rpHE National Union of Bank Employees today reiterated that it represented ALL bank employees in Malaya including officers The NUBE was replying to the Malayan Commercial Banks' Association which said that the MCBA recognised the NUBE as representing all clerical
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  • 110 8 LUMPUR, Jan 17 Accommodations lor Students in London, Ltd. a new company sponsored I by five London colleges, will aid house-hunting Malaysians in London. AFS1L will either purchase houses and convert them to hostels, or build hostels on sites in a five-mile radius of
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  • 32 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17 Hie Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Sin, will visit the Chow Kit R' market and the Wholesale at Ipoh Road tomorrow to at trading conditions there.
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  • 431 9  -  By bob ng KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. A NORWEGIAN who has been picked by the Government to direct Malaysia's industrial development is now making a survey of the country before deciding to accept the offer. He is Mr. E. H. Hauge, an expert
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  • 300 9 PENANG, Jan. 17. The Duke of Gloucester visited the Royal Australian Air Force Base at Butterworth this afternoon and gave away the Gloucester Cup, presented by himself, to the No. 5 Squadron —the most proficient squadron last year. This was the
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  • 110 9 IPOH, Jan. 17.—Peopie's Progressive Party leaders today declined to comment on the call by the Labour for a united Opposition. They would do do only after a meeting of the PPP’S central committee. Dato S.P. Seenivasagam. the PPP vice-president, said the central committee would
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  • 41 9 MACHANG. Jan. 17—The Rubber Training School at Buklt Shell. 11 miles from here, will hold eight courses this vear in planting and processing. The first course will begin on Jan. 31 and end on Feb. 2t>
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  • 23 9 KANGAR. Jan. 17 Thirty-two more teachers are to be recruited for additional adult education classes starting in Perils next month.
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  • 254 9 K U A L A LUMPUR. Jan. 17.—Singapore born London actress Miss Barbara Lee, after 10 years in England, today insist1 ed that she’s still an “Asian through and through.” “The fact that I have been away for so long does
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  • 66 9 Kuala lumpur, Jan. n. —Small-scale industrial machinery fascinated local businessmen touring the Japanese Industry Floating Fair during the weekend. Electrical machinery was the second attraction, according to the local representative of the Japan External Trade Organisation. Mr. H. Aneha. Approximately 5.000 visitors toured the industrial
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  • 46 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17—The Korean Minister of Health, Dr. Win Son Oh, who arrived here yesterday for a three-ttay visit paid a courtesy call on Tengku Abdul Rahman today. Later at the National Operations Room he was briefed on the country’s progress.
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  • 81 9 Kuala lumpur, Jan. n The Cornell Glee Club singers will give apublic concert here on Fe. 14. The groups tour will begin with a concert in Singapore on Feb. 10. In addition to the public concert here, the Cornell University singers will also give
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  • 92 9 Kuala lumpur. Jan. 17. Mr. Don Hunn has taken over as the new First Secretary at the New Zealand High Commission here. He replaces Mr. D. O. Harper, who has returned to Wellington. Mr. Hunn. 31, is a graduate of Victoria University and has been with
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  • 56 9 SUNGEI PATANI. Jan. 17 —A Kedah student, Mr. Ivan Nayar, has passed In two languages Russian and Arabic—in obtaining his B.A. degree at the University of Melbourne. Mr. Nayar, second son of Dr. P. T. K. Nayar of Alor Star, graduated recently in arts and plans
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  • 31 9 TANJONG MALIM Jan. 17—Mr. Robert Burke, a U.S, Peace Corps volunteer, has Joined the stnlf of the Sultan Idris Training College here. He is a specialist in educational psychology.
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  • 34 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan 17—Inche Omar Cassim of the Ministry of External Affairs left here today for Rangoon where he will take up the post of second secretary tt th? Malaysian Embassy.
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  • 363 10 WHAT BRITISH PM SAID AT LAGOS... KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. THE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said tonight the British Prime Minister had "no intention" of taking 25,000 troops from Singapore and Malaysia to send to Rhodesia to end the illegal
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  • 124 10 JESSELTON, Jan. 19. A full-scale Inquiry into the high cost of living In Sabah will be carried out here immediately after the Chinese New Year and Hari Rava holidays. Various sub-committees will look into the wholesale and retail distribution systems of imported goods
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  • 84 10 MUAR. Jan. 17.—Batu Pahat will become the centre for testing motor vehicles and learner drivers in North Johore beginning from next month. The decision was taken to reduce expenditure, an offi- j cial of the Transport Department said here today. At present three testers
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  • 296 10  -  From G. GELDARD Kuching. j,»n. is. Sarawak Chinese must get off the fence at once, otherwise the strains of communal harmony would become intense, the Chief Minister, Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan, warned in a special radio broadcast tonight. He appealed to all Chinese
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  • 129 10 .—UPI. MANILA. Jan. 18.—The Nationalist Chinese Embassy in Manila today secured a three-month extension of the deadline imposed by Mayor Antonio Villegas for the removal of Chinese language signs and billboards in the city. The deadline had earlier been set for Feb. 1.
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  • 63 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 18—The j managing director of Len Onjnit bus Co. Mr. Rasham Singh, today presented a cheque for $5,000 to the Minister of Transport. Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir. at his office in Young Road here, for the National Defence Fund. Tn thanking
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  • 43 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18—The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will attend a ‘‘kenduri” in the Kampong Bahru Mosque on the night of Jan. 20 to mark the end of the reading of the Koran during the fasting month.
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  • 346 10 KUCHING, Jan. 16. SARAWAK'S Chief Minister, Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan, said last night that Sarawak was ready for anything the Indonesians or Communists might do. It had, with the help of Commonwealth friends, achieve d a state of full preparedness. The
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  • 62 10 A.P MANILA, Jan. 18—The Phtlir pines Foreign Secretary, Mr. N ciso Ramos, said toaay he h plans to visit Malaysia. Replying to a reporter asked him about a rumour culating in Kuala Lumpur said: “I have no such plan won’t even be going out' Manila.
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  • 381 11 K. LUMPUR, Jan. 18 A WARNING that restrictive measures against loyal pro-Malaysian opposition parties could result in the emergence of "political forces that are neither loyal nor democratic," was given today by Mr. C. V. Devan Nair, M.P. for Bungsar. He said that
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  • 74 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17 —Singapore has been chosen as the venue of the third Asian teachers leadership training seminar to be held on Nov. 20 this year. The seminar is being organised by the World Confederation of Teachers to which Singapore teachers’ unions are affiliated. A
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  • 113 11 LTUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. —The Mentri Besar of Selangor, Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, appealed to the public today to help put the Selangor Consumers’ Association on its feet. He called for support through membership or cash donations to make the organisation “as
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  • 32 11 SUNGEI PATANI. Jan. 18—A condolence meeting in tribute to the late Indian Prime Minister. Mr Lai Bahadur Shastri. will be held at the Gandhi memorial hah here on Jan. 20.
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  • 268 11 JESSELTON, Jan. 18 THE Federal Minister of Lands and Mines, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Yakub, disclosed here that he was preparing a paper for the Central Government on an interim policy regarding forest concessions. The proposals would cover only the states of Malaya but
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  • 212 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. jyjALAYSIA will get her first University of Malaya-trained “Bachelors of Education'’ this year when 14 diploma holders in education complete their post-graduate degree course. The university will also turn out a Master of Education at the end of the year.
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  • 176 11 ’—A P. IA NILA. Jan. 16.—Revival of the Association of South-East Asia (ASA) should be followed by efforts to form an Asian alliance for regional progress, the Manila Times suggested today. The newspaper said in an editorial: i “The Association of SouthEast Asia, whose revival
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  • 74 11 IPOH, Jan. 18. —The AllMalaya Chinese Mining Association has formed a sub-committee to draft a memorandum on mining land tenure to the Central Government. The sub-committee of seven is headed by Mr. Woo Ka Lim, secretary of the association. “Among the points to be
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  • 29 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 18 A "Jaycee Ball” will be held at the Chinese Asembly Hall here from 9 p.m. on Jan. 20 to Ctltb Chinese New Year
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  • 19 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Jafi. 16—Mr. Teodoro Valencia, Manila Times journalist will arrive here tomorrow for a five-day visit.
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  • 87 12 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 18. Visiting Filipino journalist, Mr. Teodoro Valencia, of the Manila Times, is Impressed by Malaysia’s rural development programme. He visited the National Development Operations Room here today. Later, he called on the Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Slew Sin. at his office
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  • 100 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17Thc Government said today that Its guaranteed minimum padl price of >16 per picul is for the Malinja best variety only. Tills clarified an announcement by Tengku Abdul Rahman on Jan 15 that the pndi price would be $16 per picul, leading
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  • 47 12 KUALA LUMPUR Jan. 18—The Chief of the Armed Forces Staff. Lieut.-Oen. Tengku Osman bin Tengku Mohamed Jews, will visit Malaysian Armed Forces patients ■t the Oepcral Hospital here tomorrow morning. He will te*er call at the Armed Forces Headquarters. RMAF Station. hat#.
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  • 163 12 KANGAR, Jan. 18.— 1 The Perlis Government will not issue rice mill licences to non-Malays, the Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad, said yesterday. “It Is the Government's policy to give such licence? only to Malays to help boost their commercial and Industrial progress,'
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  • 141 12 Jan. 18. —The Korean Government is prepared to send more pared to send more doctors, nurses and pharmacists to work in Malaysia. This was stated today by the visiting Korean Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Dr. Won Son Oh, after a tour
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  • 193 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17.— Diploma holders of the Serdang Agricultural College have set an unique record at the Lincoln Agricultural College in the University of Canterbury. New Zealand. For. according to Prof. D. B. McSweeney, who has arrived in Malaysia for a year's
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  • 87 12 KUCHING Jan. 18. Sarawak’s foreign trade had a deficit of $7.4 million last November, it was announced today. This is $l.B million more than the deficit for the preceding month although the total value of the State’s foreign trade Increased from $7B 8 million
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  • 210 12 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 18—The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, took time off during a visit to two markets to pray at a Thai Buddhist temple at Kampong Siam here today. He was met on arrival by the head of the temple,
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  • 103 12 IfUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17 —A British educationalist, Mr. Gordon Burrows, will arrive here on Feb. 28 for a five-day visit “to keep in touch with current events." Mr. Burrows, course organiser at the Oversea Service College, in Surrey, was made an honorary citizen
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  • 26 12 KUANTAN, Jan. 18 Kuantan Jaycees today distributed ang and gift parcels to inmates of the Qambang old men's home, 20 miles from here.
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  • 288 12 Singapore-to-Johore shift for 50 service families SINGAPORE, Jan. 18.-* Some 50 British service families living in private houses in Sembawang and Thomson Roads are now moving to official quarters in Johore Bahru. A FARELF spokesman, however, denied talk of a big shift of British service families from Singapore to Johore
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  • 36 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18 Rothmans of Pall Mall has donated $5,000 W'orth of cigarettes tc the Malaysian armed forces serving in Sabah and Sarawak as Chinese New Year and Hari Raya gifts.
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  • 34 12 PENANG. Jan. 18.—The British Council office and reading room at Bishop Street will be closed for five days from Jan. 21 to 25 for the Harl Raya and Chinese New Year holidays.
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  • 345 13 SINGAPORE .January 18 DETAILS on how non-citizens in Singapore can apply for work permits as required by the new Regulation of Employment Act were given in an official statement today. Applications for work permits and all inquiries must be made to the office of the
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  • 91 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19 1 Cracker-happy children today 1 began the Chinese New Year barrage of noise a full day j ahead of the lifting of the ban beginning at midnight tomorrow for five days. Adults, too, caught the mood of the occasion and i joined the youngsters
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  • 47 13 BATU PAHAT, Jan. 19. —Mr Phua Thien Kang was elected president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here recently Other officials elected were vicepresidents Mr. Tan Tin Phuan and Mr. Soh Bok Yew; secretary. Mr Lok Eng Kiat; and treasurer. Mr Tan Chiao Yong
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  • 36 13 TELUK ANSON. Jan. 19— The Teluk Anson Umno division will hold a combined Chinese New Year and Hnri Raya party for its members and well-wishers at the Kwong Tong Association here on Jan. 23.
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  • 197 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17 —Officers of the Federaal Agricultural Marketing Authority, set up recently by the Ciovernment to help smallholders and fishermen, were told today to work and think as businessmen not as Gdvernment servants. The FAMA chairman, Inche Hanafiah Hussein, M.P.,
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  • 45 13 PENANG, Jan. 19— The leader of the womens section of the State PMIP, Ustazah Salmah bnte Sheikh Hussain, will act as imam at a prayer service at the Tabia* tual Islamiah religious school. Kampong Rawa. on Hori Raya morning.
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  • 325 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18 RUBBER production in Malaysia the world's largest single producer is expected to top the one-million ton mark for the first time in 1970, according to a forecast by the Natural Rubber Bureau. Present production by Malaysia is about 930.000 tons
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  • 32 13 BANDAR BAHRU. Jan. 18—Mr. lan Kee Seng has assumed duties as the Collector of Land Revenue, Bandar Bahru district. He was formerly Assistant District Officer in charge of lands. Kulim.
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  • 137 13 (SINGAPORE, Jan. 19.— Expansion plans for BOAC in Singapore and Malaysia were announced here this evening by Mr. Basil Bamfylde, the airline’s general manager for the eastern region. Mr. Bamfylde disclosed that BOAC had just opened a new sales and reservations office in Kuala
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  • 187 14 KIALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19.—Agreement on a double-taxation policy between the Malaysian and Singapore governments can be reached “without any hitch." the Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin. said today. Malaysian Treasury officials, he said, were at present having talks with officials from the
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  • 96 14 R B. KUALA LUMPUR Jan. 18.— The Platters put on a great show tonight to a virtually empty house at Stadium Negara. About 300 people who turned up for the first show at 7 p.m. had a rare, treat 3f music and song seldom
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  • 27 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19 —The chairman of Guthrie Corporation Ltd.. Sir Eric Grlinth-Jones, will arrive here on Jan. 25 for a sixweek tour of Malaysia
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  • 266 14 MALACCA, Jan. 19.—A salesman, Lee Ah Bok, 23, was acquitted of a murder charge by Justice Raja Azlan Shah in the High Court here today. After the Jury had returned an unanimous verdict of “not guilty” the Judge told Lee: “This is
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  • 133 14 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is to take action against unregistered “g uide s”, who take tourists to local shops to be “fleeced.” “These unqualified people who are acting as ‘guides’ and touts for business for certain shops are doing a
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  • 212 14  -  By Geoffrey Boland OINGAPORE, Jan. 19. O one of Singapore’s best known share brokers, Mr. Khoo Kay Hian, died yesterday at his home here, a few days after the death of his closest friend, Mr. Tan Boon Khak. Mr. Khoo who founded the share
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  • 55 14 i KUAI.A LUMPUR. Jan. 19—The new Australian High Commissioner. Mr. A. J. Eastman today paid a one-hour visit to the Ministry of Defence here. He called on the Secretary of Defence. Inche Abdul Kadir bin Shamsuddin, and the Chief of the Armed Forces Staff, Lieut-Oen Tengku
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  • 21 14 I PONTIAN. Jan. 19—Assistant Superintendent B. Ramakrishnan of Johore Bahru has been posted here as the new OC.P.D,
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  • 267 14 pENANG, Jan. 19.— The medical mission which will accompany 2,000 Malaysian pilgrims leaving Penang on the Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 29 will be the biggest ever sent from this country. The team comprises three doctors, ten hospital assistants, one matron, three nurses and ten attendants.
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  • 45 14 KAJANG. Jan. 24—The District Hospital here is to have an additional doctor soon—Dr. V. K. John, who will be transferred from the Semenyih Health Centre, Ihe hospital here has been with one doctor. Dr. K. Wigneson. for the past four months..
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  • 28 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 16—The chairman of the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority, Inche Hanafiah Hussein, will address officers of the Authority at the office here tomorrow.
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  • 24 14 SEREMBAN, Jan. 19.—The Yang di-Pertuan Besar and Tengku Ampuan Of Negri Sembilan will return from their holiday in Britain on Jan. 26.
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  • 272 14 MEETING CALLED TO SETTLE DISPUTE PENANG, Jan. 19. Penang’s first traw-ler-licensing scheme, launched on Jan. 15, has been suspended until Jan. 27. The Fisheries Department, it is understood, has decided this to enable both the trawlermen and local inshore fishermen to work out a
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  • 42 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19. Members of the National Union of Employees in the Printing Industry in the Straits Times Press section have donated $121.50 towards Hindum blnte Ahmad the 12-year-old Butterworth schoolgirl, who lost both legs in a motor accident.
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  • 27 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19 India’s Republic Day celebration here on Jan. 26 will be quiet because of the death of the Prime Minister, Mr. Shastrl.
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  • 22 14 TELUK ANSOK. Jan. 18—The Hawkers’ Association here has awarded $470 in study gifts to 17 children of its members.
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  • 360 15  -  By 808 NG KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. J'HE Comptroller-General of Inland Revenue, Mr. L.A. Varty, has agreed to the collection of the turnover tax in monthly instalments "if financial difficulties could be demonstrated." He gave his approval at a meeting with a delegation from
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  • 98 15 KUCHING. Jail. 19 —Sarawak Chinese businessmen are petitioning the Minister of Finance Mr Tan Slew Sin, to postpone the turnover tax in Sarawak until next year. The Kuching Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and other Chinese Mercantile Associations in Sarawak, at a meeting last weekend,
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  • 36 15 MALACCA. Jan. 19 The Chief Minister of Malacca, Inche Ghafar bin Baba, last night presented a total of $3.300 ‘‘bonus'’ to 120 mosque and women religious officials in Jasin. about 19 miles from here.
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  • 27 15 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17 Mr. Alex Josey. the British freelance journalist who was expelled by the Malaysian Government last year, returned to Singapore by air tonight.
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  • 28 15 NIBONO TEBAL, Jan. 19— Mr. Lee Mun Kee, a senior hospital assistant at the district hospital at Sungri Bakap, has been transferred to Kangar as administrator.
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  • 191 15 Kuala lumpur. Jan. 19.—Response to the oil palm investment scheme which promises a return of $105,000 from $5,000 was today described as “very ▼ery rood.” “Already about half of the 1,000 holdings In the scheme have been booked/* said Mr. N. A. Kularajah, general
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  • 189 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 10. a three-hour meeting, the MCA central working committee today agreed unanimously to give itself more powers to strengthen and tighten the party. The meeting was called to clear the doubts of some of the members on the proposed amendments. The Finance
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  • 189 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. T'HE defeated independent candidate in last A night’s Bukit Merah by-election, Mr. M. P. D. Nair, today said the victory of the People’s Action Party candidate, Mr. Lim Guan Hoo was “not surprising,” but he did not regard it as a defeat
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  • 40 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17—The National Council of Women’s Organisations today presented two parcels of gula (brown sugar) to the Malaysian armed forces serving in Sabah and Sarawak for the Hari Raya Puasa and Chinese New Year festivals.
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  • 36 15 fPENANO, Jan. 17 About 43 Malay girls from North Malaya will take a six months’ course in home management at Kepala Batas Women's Training Centre when it re-opens after the Hari Raya holidays.
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  • 225 15 ORUNEI TOWN, Jan. 13 19.—The Shell Co. here has been accused in the Legislative Council of engaging outsiders in preference to local people. The allegation was made by Inche Zalnal Abidin bln Puteh (Kuala Belalt) when moving a motion that the current agreement between
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  • 36 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17 The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester left today after a four-day State visit to Malaysia during which they were guests of honour at a dinner by the Yang dl-Per-tuan Agong.
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  • 93 15 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. Radio Malaysia will broadcast special Hari Raya messages hv the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Tengku Abdul Rahman on the first day of Hari Raya The King's message will be in the National Language at 9-15 am. in all services,
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  • 381 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. f|iHE Colloquium ol tho Rule of Law, sponsored I by the International Commission of Jurists, li*‘ld in Colombo last week passed a resolution ni-wiiiK that Parliaments appoint an Ombudsman tin* Seandinavian-style “grievance man.” A Malaysian lawyer. Miss PG.
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  • 31 16 BUTTERWORTH Jan 20 The Kepula Bata.s branch of the Malaysian Indian Congress held i condolence meeting yesterday in tribute to the la.e Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Lari Bahadhur Stiasiri.
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  • 167 16 IPOH, Jan. 20. The A Perak Government is carrying out an investigation to ensure that no successful applicant for land in the Sungel Rapat Malay housing extension scheme gets more than one plot. "We don't want one family to get
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  • 148 16 LUMPUR. Thurs. Relations between South Korea and Malaysia are getting ‘‘stronger than ever”, the visiting Minister of Health and Social Affairs. Dr. Won Son Oh, said here yesterday. Dr. Won was speaking to newsmen before leaving for Bangkok after a three-day visit here accompanied
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  • 117 16 AP. IT NI TED NATIONS. Thurs. —> Malaysia and Singapore will receive more than $3 million each from the United Nations under its Development Programme. The assistance is part of funds, totaling $312,511.600 for 84 economic and social assistance projects to 61 nations approvi
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  • 27 16 PENANG. Jan. 20.—The Ponam; Island Rural D.strict Council will hold its monthly meeting in the State Secretariat conference room at 3 p.m on Jan. 31
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  • 191 16 Jan. 20. Mr. Stephen Yong, chairman of the Sarawak United People’s Party, said today he deplored a charge made by the State Chief Minister, Dato Stephen K a 1 o n g Ningkan, that the Chinese in Sarawak were not as loyal as
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  • 352 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. THE Singapore Government expects to issue 1 180,000 work permits to non-citizens under the Regulation of Employment Act. A spokesman for the Ministry of Labour gave this estimate today as application forms for the permits were being distributed at four centres.
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  • 205 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20.— Under Singapore’s revised Master Plan, the Woodlands area will be developed as a new town within which will be a zone for light industries. The new town Is expectort to have a population of 250.000. requiring the provision o:
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  • 50 16 SINGAPORE. Jan. 20. Tin* consulate corps will be represent**!I for the first time at the ceremonial opening of the legal veal at the High Court on Jan. 26. They have also been invite' by the Chief Justice. Mr. Justt*Wee Chong Jin, to attend th* reception.
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  • 45 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20. The Malayan Railway announced here today that a special train f«>' Mecca pilgrims and well-wi'-het only, will leave Tutnpat in KH i'»tan to Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 24 This train will leave after tin Golden Arrow Express.
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  • 492 17 CONFRONTATION WILL BE CALLED OFF TF CERTAIN PEOPLE COME TO POWER IN INDONESIA K. LUMPUR, Jan 21 TENGKU Abdul Rahman said today that he had been given to understand that confrontation would be called off "if certain people come to power in Indonesia. The Prime Minister
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  • 38 17 SUNGEI PATANI, Jan. 21— Tengku Paris bin Tengku Ahmad Rayan, grandson of Tengku Ya’acob, Malaysian Ambassador in Paris, has passed out of the Royal Naval College. Dartmouth. He will be commissioned in the Royal Malaysian Navy.
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  • 258 17 lESSELTON, Jan. 20. J —The Ist Bn., Scots Guards, who have been defending Kalabakan—the scene of an Indonesian massacre of eight Malaysian troops less than three years ago—will leave Sabah soon after their tour of duty. In a brief ceremony today, the District
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  • 59 17 RAUB, Jan. 19 Three Peace Corps volunteers have been posted to schools here. They are Mr. and Mrs. David B. Thomas, graduates of the University of Colorado, who are posted to the Mahmud Secondary and Primary schools and Mr Wilson Crider, a graduate of the University
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  • 165 17 LUMPUR, Jan. 20. —Tengku Abdul Rahinan today congratulated Mrs Indira Gandhi, the third Prime Minister of India, on her election as the head of the world’s largest democracy. She was elected Prime Minister by about 500 Indian Congress Party members of both Houses of Parliament yesterday. In
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  • 304 17 PENANG, Jan. 18 AN ARCHBISHOP, two bishops and a priest were made affiliated members of the Congregation of the Christian Brothers last night. Recipients of this honour were Archbishop Michael Olcomendy of MalaccaSingapore, Bishop Dominic Vendargon of Kuala Lumpur, Bishop Francis
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  • 240 17 Why ‘Auntie Loh is never late SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. AFTER getting $125 and a special certificate for a five-year record of “perfect attendance” at the Bukit Timah factory of National Carbon (Eastern) Ltd., Madam Loh Teck Hong, 47, said: “I look upon the factory and its 600 workers as a
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  • 124 17 JTUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. —The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce today appealed to the Malaysian and Singapore Governments to "put into effect their intention to maintain economic co-operation” and establish the proposed common market. Its secretary, Mr. Henry T. Wong, said in a letter to the
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  • 33 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19—Two Royal Malaysian Air Force Pilot Officers will leave here on Sunday by air to attend an 11-week helicopter conversion course at Hell Union in Paris.
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  • 118 18 NATIONAL MONUMENT TO BE UNVEILED NEXT MONTH An aerial view of the $1.5 million Nition.il Monument ,ind Cenof h .it the Lake Car c ns ir Kuala Lumpur. In the back ground is Parliament House. The National Monument which is almost complete, will be un veiled by
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  • 352 19 KANGAR, Jan. 21. THE Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad bin 1 Mohamed Hashim, today appealed to the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, to finance padi purchases by the Perlis Government's rice mills in Arau
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  • 26 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 21—The Vntral Government has granted licences to 53 dealers to Import 4 950 metric tons of sugar at $56.50 a ton
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  • 141 19 BATU PAHAT, Jan. 21— The Johore branch of the MCA has »et up a special committee to see that its elected representatives do not shirk their duties and responsibilities to the electorate in their constituencies. The committee, headed by Mr. Koh
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  • 21 19 SUNGEI PATANI. Jan. 21—The next meeting of the Sungel Patanl town council will be held on Jan. 30.
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  • 249 19 Kuala lumpur, jan. 21. The $7 million food technology research and development centre to be established here is designed to improve nutritional standards of Malaysians. The decision to set up this centre one of 84 economic and social assistance projects to
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  • 59 19 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21 The Royal Navy is now conducting researches to further its study of the underwater secrets of the South China Sea A naval team under Lieut Commander D P.D. Scott operating from the Hong Kong-based Cable and Wireless ship Cable Enterprise will gather
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  • 117 19 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 21. —The action committee of Cuepacs is to be asked to hold an urgent meeting over the pay claims of the 30 fingerprint examiners of the Central Criminal Registry here who have threatened to go on strike. This was confirmed here by
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  • 127 19 PENANG, Jan. 20. The George Town City Council plans to provide better and brighter lighting, Mr. Ooi Thiarr Slew, the Mayor, announced yesterday. "An intensive campaign will be launched this year." he told a large gathering at a switching--011 ceremony at Beach Street. Brightening
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  • 65 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21—The Ministry of Works. Posts and Telecommunications announced today that commemorative stamps to mark four events for this year would be issued soon. They will commemorate the installation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. the launching of the first Malaysia development plan, the 150th anniversary
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  • 332 19 KUCHING, Jan. 21. gARAWAK’S enemies the Communists and the Indonesians were resorting to new tactics, the creation of racial disharmony, Sarawak’s Chief Minister, Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan, warned last night. In a Chinese New Year and Hari Raya message he called on the people
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  • 20 19 SUNGEI PATANI, Jan. 21—Mr. Seah Kok Sean*, district surveyor. Taiplng North, has been trar sferred to Kuala Kangsar.
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  • 1289 20 I, (’ALA LUMPUR, Top Honour, with 9-12, wol the lop spi int at i Kuala Lumpur yesterII( galloped lean away from his rivals to win by four lengths in the splendid time of lm 11 1/5 for 6f. Race One CL. 4. DIV.
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  • 192 20 POH. Jan. 15 Perak Chinese reached the final of the MCFA cup competition by beating Selangor Chinese 3-1 at Stadium Perak here tonight before a crowd of about 3,000. Referee Norman Boswell ordered off Selangor right-half Chow Kwai Lum. the former Negri
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  • 90 20 SJEREMBAN, Jan 22 Thr w Pan-Mai«ysian Ceylonese sports carnival began here today. Singapore, favourites to win the hockey championship, w< re surprisingly beaten by Perak by two goal> to one when they clashed at tiie NSC padang here this evening. In the other
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  • 61 20 BANGKOK, Jan. 22 Singapore has applied for membership to the Asian Games Federation, Dr. Kan Salasena, secretary of the federation’s executive committee said here yesterday. An invitation t.as been sent to Singapore to compete in the Games in Bangkok at the end of the year,
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  • 354 20 DENANG, Jan. 22. Nortn beat South by 27 points (3 goals and 4 tries) to eight (goal and a try) in their annual rugger series here today. A feature of the match was the flue performance of lly-half B. Mellis who rounded olf a
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  • 40 20 SEREMBAN. Jan. 22 —R A F Tengah won both their hockey matches played on the NSC padang here. Yesterday the visiting airmen trounced Gurkha Signals Regiment 8-1 and then handed out a 2-1 defeat to Seremban Rangers todav.
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