The Straits Budget, 16 February 1966

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  • 38 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 696. KUALA LUMPUR, FEBRUARY 16. 1966. Price 40 cents (Malaya) or 1 SbUllnr KDN. 2035
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    • 391 2  -  ten chin mew University of Singapore AS the author of the paper which the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, specifically picked out for dishonourable mention In his opening address to the seminar on “The Role of Universities In Economic and Social Development,” I
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    • 173 2  -  CITIZEN Singapore DATO David Marshall gives good reasons iS.T. Jan. 27) for not allowing cross-Causeway confrontation to grow, now that there are at least some prospects of the Indonesians calling off their confrontation. He suggests that Sing a pore and Malaysia adopt a programme of reciprocal
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    • 97 2  -  F.Y.T. Kuala Lumpur •THE criticism by Slnga- pore’s Labour Minister, Mr. Jek Yuen Thong, of the requirement in Sarawak and Sabah for working permits for immigrants from Singapore and the States of Malaya is singularly misplaced. Control of immigration was one of the conditions which governed
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    • 140 2  -  WILLIAM CHENG for Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Singapore. THIS Is In reply to a letter which appeared in your columns (S.T.) Jan. 11) under “Textbooks.” Singapore Citizens are eligible to apply for the loan of free textbooks Last year, 33,665 pupils benefited under this scheme. Changes In prescribed
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    • 267 2  -  ISMAIL BIN MANSOR Secretary, Selangor Goodwill Committee Kuala Lumpur JHAVE been directed to reply to vour editorial on Jan. 28. on the Selangor Students’ Exchange Committee’s programme for 1966 and to clear what seems to be a misunderstanding. It is true that the committee plans to expand the
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    • 99 2  -  V. NATHAN Malacca AFTER having frequently been overtaken by rocketing lorries I welcome the decision of the Transport Minister to restrict the speed of commercial vehicles with governors. May I also suggest that the railways be allowed to play a more important role In the transport industry
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    • 104 2  -  parent Kuala Lumpur IT is, of course, impos. slble for Television Malaysia to please every one. and in the normal way to protest against a particular programme u futile. But 1/ we must be assaulted by horror films at a peak hour could there not be a
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    • 159 2  -  PRIVATE OWNER Singapore "f*eet Owner” I harden toTe onvehicl° Wner ot on,v OIIC However. like “Fler ed?h* 1 have dlscovejta the apparent and sudoen appearance of a new law when the Ren suer Vehicles simplv oecided to change the interpretation of the existing law off his own
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    • 274 2  -  CITIZEN Kuala Lumpur JOYCE SIMON Singapore I READ with interest your report entitled “No Man’s Land” which deals with the ugly sight of garbage dumps. The dynamic Mentri Besar of Selangor launches honesty month and what have you. and yet he cannot find some law to
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    • 74 2  -  “TRAVELLER Singapore IT Is gratifying to note 1 that Malaysian Air* ways intend to maintain their excellent record by ensuring that no plane is cleared for take oi unless it is in sounu mechanical order, have been able to reroute all passengers to another flight and produce a
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    • 626 3 -Straits Times. February 7 The British Defence Minister’s visit has left us little wiser than before. It was to be expected, for Mr. Healey could hardly say more than has been said already. A “very substantial British military presence’' will be maintained in Malaysia and Singapore for
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    • 343 3 -Straits Times February 7 Recent years have seen a steady development ol friendly relations between Malaysia and South Korea. The visit ol President Chung-Hee Park, who arrives in Kuala Lumpui today, will mark a new milestone. President Park comes in response to an invitation p.xtcnded by Tengku Abdul
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    • 382 3 Manila’ s Move Straits Times. February The wind stands fan for speedily resumed diplomatic relations between Malaysia and the Philippines, a prospect all the brighter for a couple ot recent developments. One is Dr. Subandrio’s statement that Indonesia hoped to exchange views with the Philippines “regarding SouthEast Asian problems and
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    • 135 3 Straits Times. Februarv 8 lhe National Monument, which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong will unveil today, is a tin** piece ol work, an arresting addition to the sights Kuala Lumpur can show to visitors and tourists. Though designed to commemorate the victory ol tin* people Malaya over Communist terrorism,
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    • 614 3 —Straits Times. February f* President Soekarno’s determined inactivity in the face o! economic problems of frightening magnitude has left him time to reflect on the significance of the coming restoration of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and the Philippines. He proposes to endear himself to President Marcos with
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    • 358 3 —Straits Times February 10 Though Singapore has fai fewer men of science and technology than she needs and wants, the number already available is not negligible. The two universities and the Polytechnic, the public service and the larger industrial organisations, must muster among them a good many trained
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    • 565 4 —Straits Times. February 11 President Park Chung Hee has shown himself to be an able promoter of the active foreign policy the South Korean Government has set itself to create. On his three-day visit to Malaysia, he impressed favourably by his modesty and readiness to appreciate and
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    • 403 4 —Straits Times. February 11 The Perak State Government’s scheme to help owners of land in Malay reservations open what will be in effect their own tin mines could go far to overcome the two great handicaps of the past, the lack of money and the lack of know-how.
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    • 638 4 —Straits Times, February 12 The delay in the restoration of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Malaysia is disappointing and unexpected, but it does not indicate any change of mind in Manila. Naturally the Philippines Government is anxious to preserve as friendly relations with Indonesia as possible.
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    • 339 4 —Straits Times, February V Until teachers' unions agm on what to do about the Government's offer to reduce the margins between men’s and women’s salaries, movement i n any direction is difficult. The National Union of Teachers and the Teachers’ Panel 01 the National Joint Council fo t
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    • 32 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. II- I'M YWCA of Malaya today presentee a cheque for $800 to the MinN' 1 of Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin wards the National Defence F
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  • 404 5 K LUMPUR, Feb. 6 NON-MALAYS have shown a keen interest and assured their full support to the Aminuddin Baki Scholarship Foundation designed to help poor Malay children. Stating this today, the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said: “There comes this ready support
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  • 40 5 KLUANG. Feb. 7—Mr. Chew Qul Chee, a businessman, has been elected chairman of the Paloh Youth Club here. Other officials are: secretary. Mr. Fong Foo Kee: assistant secretary. Mr. Goh Bee Foo; and treasurer. Mr. Chia Koi Yee.
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  • 173 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 6. —Major civil engineering works at the $57 million Prai power station are now almost complete. The station is expected to begin operations by September. A prominent feature of the project is the 48-acre site of the power station—all of
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  • 368 5  -  By MICHAEL FOONG TAIPING, Feb. 6. businessmen in Pex rak have decided to pool their resources to form a finance company to invest in joint industrial projects with foreign or other local industrialists. The projects will be located in the Kamunting
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  • 104 5 JESSELTON. Feb. 7. Sabah’s former Chief Minister, Dato Donald Stephens, today resumed his post as general manager and chief editor of the English-ianguage Sabah Times here. Dato Stephens, who owns the paper, left it three years ago to become Sabah's first Chief Minister. He
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  • 127 5 MALACCA, Feb. 6—The Governor of Malacca. Tun Haji Abdul Malek’s team of golfers beat a team led by the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, by 12 matches to nine to win the Fraser and Neave trophy at new Ayer Keroh Country Club course today. But the Governor,
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  • 51 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 7. Japanese economic and commercial affairs officials from diplomatic and consular missions throughout Asia will meet here tomorrow to review’ Japan’s regional economic policies. They will later meet with Japanese businessmen in Singapore and Malaysia to exchange views on trade and economic
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  • 462 6 ALOR Feb. 7. TOWN councillor and State assemblyman, Mr. Ooi Eng Hong, today denied an allegation by a Labour Party councillor, Mr. Teoh Ah Thow, that the Kedah Mentri Besar, Da to Syed Omar Shahbuddin, had prevented the council from taking action against
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  • 257 6 SINGAPORE, Feb. 7. Another residential cum industrial satellite town is to emerge at Yio Chu Kang, which when fully developed by 1990 is expected to accommodate about 70,000 people. It will be one of several satellite towns which will ring Singapore In
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  • 139 6 CEREMBAN, Feb. 7— AIliance MPs In Parliament speak as Alliance members and not as t’mno, MCA, or MIC representatives, the chairman of the Seremban I’mno division, Inche Mohamed bin Ujang, said yesterday at the opening of the new branch of Pahang Timor. He
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  • 91 6 CINGAPORE, Feb 6. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has congratulated the Soviet Union for achieving the first soft landing on the moon with its rocket Luna 9. In a f£*ble to the Soviet Prim© Minister, Mr. Alexei Mr. Lee said. "I send you warmest
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  • 22 6 KLUANG. Feb 7—The Kluang branch of the Johore Muslim Students Association has been revived after being inactive for three years.
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  • 740 6 7 t’s failed to provide role of definitive thinking SINGAPORE, Feb. 7 f |*HE University of Singapore has failed to provide the vital post-independence role of definitive thinking of setting out problems confronting the nation, and finding their solutions. This accusation came today from the
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  • 72 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 7 The Pahang branch of the MCA has pledged Its “wholehearted and unreserved support” for Tun Abdul Razak as heir and successor to Tengku Abdul Rahman In a statement issued here, its chairman, Dato Ngau Ken Lock, said that Tun Razak was an
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  • 314 7 Jek: Don’t interfere in our internal affairs SINGAPORE, Feb. 7 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, said that the Malaysian Government should not interfere in Singapore's internal affairs by criticising her policies to issue work permits to non-citizens and charge children of non-citizens higher school fees. Mr. JeK
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  • 80 7 SINGAPORE, Feb. 6— Twenty-one doctors and four nurses will begin a four-week training seminar on planned parenthood at the Eusoff College, University of Singapore, from tomorrow. The seminar, scheduled to begin at 2 p m. is organised by the International Planned Parenthood Training Institute
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  • 52 7 IPOH. Feb. 8 Mr lai Nai Sing. Assistant Public Trustee, Perak, will leave by air for New Zealand from Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 14 for a three-month course on trusts and estates under the Colombo Plan. During his absence. Mr. A.G Moorthy from Kuala Lumpur will act
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  • 36 7 PARIT BUNTAR. Feb. 8—Inche Ahmad bin Awang. a former pupil of the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, has returned from Australia after completing a five-year accountancy course at the Geelong Technical College in Queensand
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  • 233 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 6. —All is set for the welcoming of the President of the Republic of Korea and Madam Park Chung Hee when they arrive here tomorrow to begin their four-day State visit. On their arrival at Subang Airport they will
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  • 291 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8. pRESIDENT Park Chung Hee of Korea was today briefed on Malaysia’s progress since independence by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, at the National Operations Room here. He spent more than an hour viewing the charts, maps and
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  • 55 7 SINGAPORE. Feb 8 A three man Canadian Wheat Board mission will arrive here on Feb 14 for a three-day market survey, survey. Canada Is one of the two main suppliers of wheat to Singapore's two flour mills. Her supply to Singapore in 1964 amounted to 17.000
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  • 76 7 'THAI Princess Prem PuraA chatra (above), vicepresident of the International Council of Women, is visiting Malaysia to spread goodwill and “see what women here are doing." “Women here seem to be active and well-or-ganised,” she commented today. The Malaysian National Council of Women “is doing
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  • 67 7 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Feb. 7 The Indian Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. Mahboob Ahmad, who has been here for the last three years will leave tomorrow night by train f >r Singapore on his way to India for a short holiday. Mr. Ahmad who will be his country’s
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  • 45 7 KUCHING. Feb. 6 A school inside a police camp in Sarawak—the only one of its kind—has been opened for the children of Police Field Force men at Temudok Camp in the Second Division. It will also cater for children outside the camp
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  • 306 8 SINGAPORE Feb. 6 needs to breed a new generation of people equal to anyone in South-East Asia, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said here last night. Addressing State swimming representatives to the recent SEAP Games in Kuala Lumpur,
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  • 51 8 PENANG. Pcb. B—Twelve8 —Twelve members of the Japane.se youth goodwill mission now visiting Penang were last night entertained to a bersilat exhibition by members of the Jelutong youth centre. The visitors were earlier entertained to a tea party during which they took the floor for a joget
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  • 44 8 MALACCA. Feb. 6—Thailand’s Lx-puty Defence Minister. Air Chief Marshal Dato Dawee Chullasapya, and Dai in Chullasapya today visited the Henry Gurney School h<re and took the salute at the march past ot the band of the inmates of the school.
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  • 156 8 ClNGAPORE. Feb. 7—Con.- trol of the Koyal Malaysian Naval Volunteer Reserve’s Singapore Division came under Singapore's Ministry of Defence as from the beginning of this month. With this change-over of command, the Singapore Division has been re-de-signated the Singapore Naval Volunteers (SNV). Other
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  • 28 8 KANGAR. Feb. 8 —Four members of the Perlis Local Defence Corps left for Ipoh yesterday to attend a three weeks’ training course at Siputeh camp.
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  • 220 8 IPOH, Feb 7. The Perak State Alliance has formed a visiting committee, comprising I Members of Parliai ment, the State Assembly and the Senate, to cater for the needs of the people more effectively by keeping in close touch with them frequently.
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  • 34 8 MUAR. Feb. 6—Two travelling commissioners of the Boy Bcouts Association of Malaysia, Mr. Au Loon and Inche Mohin bin Omar, will visit 13 scouts troops In the Bandar Maharani group here tomorrow.
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  • 104 8 KANGAR, Feb. 7.—A Perlis State Assemblyman, Inche Yob bin Che Choh, distributed $3OO during the week-end to 30 needy school children the purchase of text books. Inche Yob. who donated the money himself, told the recipients: “I know what It Is to be poor.
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  • 99 8 K LUMPUR, Feb. 7 the Alliance Party is to publish its own paper called “The Alliance”. 1 he first Issue will be out tomorrow, to coincide with UffWrd birthday of Tengku Rahman. An Alliance spokesman said today it would be the ideological paper of
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  • 197 8 OINGAPORE, Feb. 7 The treasurer of the Barisan Sosialis, Mr. Low Por Tuck, has resigned from the party. Confirming this today, the party's chairman. Dr. Lee Slew Choh. said the party’s central executive committee had accepted the resignation. Mr. Low tendered his resignation a
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  • 41 8 A LOR STAR, Feb. 6—Members or local councils in Kedah will soon b? paid a maximum of $2O a month as allowance for their work. This was disclosed today by the Kedah State Secretary, Dato Shuib bin Osman
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  • 21 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 7—The Inspector-General of Police, Dato Sir Claude Fenner, today flew to Kelantan for a one-day “routine
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  • 187 8 SINGAPORE, Feb 8. r pHE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has said that everybody now admits that Singapore is perhaps the most stable part of South-east Asia for the time being Ten years ago, he said, nobody could have foreseen that
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  • 96 8 Kuala lumpur. Feb 7. A United Nations expert, Mr. D. J. Dallas, arrived here today to help establish a national news agency for Malaysia. Mr. Dallas is here under the U N. programme of technical assistance to Malaysia. He called on the Minister of Information and
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  • 25 8 KUANTAN, Fob. B—Two Television cameramen from the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation will arrive here on Feb. 10 to shoot rural development projects.
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  • 411 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8. THE Tariff Advisory Board was told at its public hearing today here that .there was a collusive price-fixing agreement among Malayan cement manufacturers in July 19o4 when the price of cement was dropping to a rock-bottom price at $2.60
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  • 173 9 WlNGAPORE, Feb. 8.—Mrs. Christina Stone (above) returned here by air last night from Hong Kong with her American film producer husband. Mr. Jeffrey Stone, after completing the filming of a new picture “The Strange Portrait/’ The film is being produced by the newly-formed East-West
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  • 206 9 K. LUMPUR, Feb. 7 yilE Minister of Health, Tnche Bahaman bin Samsudin, said here today that his ministry was placing special emphasis on the recruitment and training of medical and health personnel to staff the hospitals, clinics and rural health units. Inche Bahaman said
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  • 180 9 SINGAPORE, Feb 6. —The president of the National Trades Union Congress, Mr, Ho See Beng, today charged politicians across the Causeway with “causing confusion’’ in Singapore by spreading mischievous statements about the recent introduction of work permits. He said that it had been brought
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  • 26 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. There were 107 road accidents during the last 24 hours, police reported today. Four people were seriously injured. There were no deaths
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  • 126 9 SINGAPORE, Feb. B—President Soekarno said last night the Philippines would not be loyal to the Manila agreement should it recognise Malaysia. He was speaking at a reception given to workers of the Conefo (Confer ence of Emerging Forces) project at Merdeka Palace. Referring
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  • 148 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Feb 6 STUDENTS at the University of Malaya face language problems but the level of thinking is “very high indeed.’’ said Professor E A piel external examiner for the Department of Edu- cation. Prof. Peel, who has been correcting Diploma of Education papers from
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  • 49 9 MALACCA, Feb. 8 Nomination day for the Sungai Baru, Malacca, State Assembly byelection is Feb- 21. it was announced today. Polling day will be on March 19. The by-election was caused by fhe death of Assemblyman Dato Thamby Chik bin Abdul Karim on Jan 26.
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  • 232 9 PENANG, Feb 6. THE leader of a 12-member Japanese goodwill A mission touring Malaysia mediated in an argument between the State Welfare Officer, Mr. K. Ponnampalam. and Mr. Oon Choo Khye, a reporter of the Sin Pin Jih Pao,
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  • 140 9 IZXANG, Feb B.—The Mentri Besar of Selangor, Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, yesterday announced that he would take disciplinary action in the near future against “a few black sheep" in the State Government service. Addressing 300 Government servants at the community hall at
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  • 21 9 SUNGEI PATANI, Feb B—Three Korean doctors assigned to Kedah have been poofed to Alor Star, Jltra and Pokok Sena.
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  • 1135 10  -  ON THE EVE OF HIS 63rd BIRTHDAY By P. KRISHNAN: Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 7 TENGKU Abdul Rahman today fore- cast the gradual ending" of confrontation and talked hopefully of normalising relations with the Philippines and Pakistan. In an eve-of-birthday interview he will be 63
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  • 432 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 rpENGKU Abdul RahA man last night expressed the hope that the strife and tension caused by the “insidious aims of Communism” would pass away for it was “the lesson of history that right must triumph in
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  • 92 10 LUMPUR, Feb. 9. The French Government is awarding 40 scholarships this year for Malaysian technicians and government officials. The scholarship, between seven and 10 months for courses ranging from agricultural hydraulics to road building techniques, carry a monthly allowance of $4BO and a return
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  • 83 10 KIAI.A LUMPUR, Feb. 9 The one-millionth visitor to the National Zoo Jiere since its opening two years ago will pass through the turnstile on 13 between 11 and 11.30 a m. Tbt president of (he Ma- layan Zoological Society. Inche Mohamed Khir Johmri,
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  • 377 11 IPOH, Feb. 9. A SCHEME to boost Malay participation in the mining industry is to be launched in Perak soon. Under the scheme, owners of tin-rich land in Malay reservations in the state will bie required to form a syndicate and sign an
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  • 123 11 I(UALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9. Tengku Abdul Rahman said today that he would consider releasing Dr. Burhanuddin bin Mohamed Nor, the PMIP president, if Kelantan’s Mentri Besar, Dato Mohamed Asri bin Haji Muda, could stand as surety. Dato Asri in his birthday greetings to
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  • 208 11 OINGAPORE, Feb. 9.— Professor Tow Siang Hwa, 40, of the University of Singapore, has become the first Commonwealth doctor to receive two simultaneous awards in one year from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. They are the Blair Bell lectureship and the EdgarGentilli
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  • 111 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. —A Japanese industrialist today described Singapore and Bangkok as “the two best spots in Asia for foreign investment." Mr. Masakazu Echigo, president of C. Itoh and Co. Ltd. one of the four biggest general trading and Investment companies In Japan
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  • 102 11 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 9.—The United Arab Republic has extended its overseas broadcasting service to Malaysia. Introduced this month, on 16.87 meters or ***** kilocycles from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. dally, the programme includes world news, Arabic lessons, songs and cultural talks—all in Malay.
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  • 66 11 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9—The propeller of the Panamanian ship Sagaba, which was entangled In the net of a defence boom, off the Sister Light buay on the night of Feb. 7 has been freed, and the Vessel has been towed off for repairs. The incident took
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  • 282 11 ALOR STAR, Feb. 9. l/EDAHS only woman town councillor, Che 1V Rogayah binte Haji Mahmud, said today th£t women had a wrong impression of her becausfe she had accepted the chairmanship of a subcommittee for licensing of massage parlours. “I must
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  • 75 11 IZUCHING, Feb. 9. The Minister for Sarawak Affairs, Dato Temenggong Jugah, has urged Dayak youths to join the army “instead of idling around.” Speaking at Binatang in the Third Division yesterday, he said that Malaysia could not always depend on the British and
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  • 65 12 TENGKU AND WIFE ADMIRE LATEST MEMBER OF FAMILY JENGKU Abdul Rahman and Puan Sharifah Rodziah with little Faridah a birthday gift to the Tengku, who is 63 today. Madam Saw Poh Choo, mother of the month-old girl, gave her to the Prime Minister and his wife for
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  • 111 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 8. THE Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Ltd. today granted a $3 million loan, one of its largest, to assist the Textile Corporation of Malaya Ltd. in its giant $11.3 million expansion programme. The loan brings MIDFL’s textile Industry Investment to over
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  • 54 12 SEGAMAT. Feb. More than 50 women turned up at the Territorial Army training centre here to enlist In the First Women’s Platoon of the Territorial Army here. They registered themselves and are now awaiting a medical checkup. The women, between 18 and M, are from
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  • 84 12 KI'ALA LUMPCK. Keb 8. —The Malaysian Trades Union Congress has called on the Government for a “complete withdrawal of the Emergency Regulations under which “harsh, unwarranted and most restrictive trade union regulations have been imposed/’ In a letter to th e Ministry of
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  • 65 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 8. Miss Judy Tang, of Singapore, has been named to the honour roll of a Tennessee Liberal Arts College, as one of the top students in the autumn quarter. She is majoring in English at the David Lipscomb College in Nashville. A former
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  • 37 12 SINGAPORE. Feb. 6. Mr. Francis Seow senior State counsel will speak on “The AttorneyGeneral as Public Prosecutor” at the luncheon meeting of the Y's Men’s Club of Singapore at the Princes Restaurant on Feb. 12.
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  • 271 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fefc. 8. T HE National Union of Teachers' attitude to the Teachers’ Panel’s acceptance of equal pay was today described here as ‘‘an empty posture.” In a statement, the secretary of the Teachers' Panel of the National Joint Council of Teachers, Inche Kassim
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  • 51 12 PENANG. Peb. B—The Penan! and Province Wellesley Malay Students’ Union will start a week ly refresher course for 200 Malay students attending School Certi ficate and LCE classes. The class, to be held every Satur day will start on Feb. 12 at the Kampong Jawa Malay
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  • 215 13 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 9. Chinese businessmen have asked the Minister of Finance to raise the rental of business telephones by two-thirds and private ones by one-third instead of levying 10 cents for every call after 100 a month. This system, said the secretary of
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  • 59 13 M KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 9. Hawkers operating the tikam racket (games of chance) for fechool children here, have gone f Underground following police ction against them. During the weekend, at least 10 i people were detained. Six of them ■were later charged and fined in
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  • 49 13 PENANG. Fob. 9. Dr. Mason Mane, professor of industrial psychology at the University of California in Berkeley, will talk Industrial Prospects and Developing Countries 1 at the City Council Chamber at 7 p m. torn orrow. Die talk is under the auspices ’he Penang Library.
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  • 28 13 MUAR. Feb. 9.—A $2,000 rubber niocessing centre has been built Ke f an ß» seven miles from Mder f r m re than 300 small
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  • 233 13 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 9—The possibility of a 20-minute rocket journey from Subang airport to the United States was mentioned today by Mr. B. F. Coggan, a vice-president of the Douglas Aircraft Company of America. Mr. Coggan told newsmen that his company
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  • 175 13 SINGAPORE, Feb. 9. —RAF police today said they were making an all-out search for blonde, blue-eyed Pauline Brooke, 20-year-oid daughter of a Royal Air Force sergeant. She has been missing since Feb. 1. She is known to be safe and unharmed, as she called
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  • 56 13 SEGAMAT Feb. 9.—Special national language classes for estate planters will be conducted in the Sega mat Secondary School. This is in response to a request by the Johore Planters’ Association to the Chief Education Officer, Mr. Tan Teik Beng. The classes will be held on Fridays
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  • 29 13 PARIT BUNTAR. Feb. 9 A mobile X-ray unit will be at the Parit Buntar hospital to give free X-rays to the public from Feb. 14 to 16.
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  • 189 13 1/1 ALA LIMPCR, Feb. 9 The Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce, which had been protesting against payment of the 1965 two per cent turnover tax, has now reversed its decision and has asked its members to pay up. In a letter to the
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  • 127 13 glNGAl PATANI. Feb. 9. A l T I)P councillor, Mr. Ong Boon Seong. last night advocated that the State Government should give the Sungei Patani town council more powers. “Although the council has been granted financial autonomy, it has not even the
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  • 145 13 l/ANGAR. Feb. 9 Malaya lx should not be jealou* of the economic stability of non-Malays, the Mentri Besar, Dato Sheikh Ahmad, said yesterday. “On the contrary, they should work harder to raise their own standard of living,” he told members of the Padang Behor
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  • 116 13 OINGAPORE, Feb. 9. The Singapore Government is to float a new $6O million loan to flnance projects under the Second Five-Year Development Plan. The plan envisages a total public expenditure of some $1,520 million $975.9 million on economic development. $484.1 million on social
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  • 32 13 KAJANG. Feb. 9 —A fountain and two miniature fish ponds, casting $2,000. have been set up here by the Friends of Kajang Society with a view to bcautifjing the town.
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  • 32 13 KANGAR. Feb. 9 The Kuala Perlis Youth Club will hold a fun fair from Feb. 25 to March 2 for the National Defence Fund and its own club fund.
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  • 241 14 UP I A P MANILA, Feb. 10. The Philippines maintained discreet silence today while awaiting word from Indonesia on this j country’s decision to normalise relations with Malaysia. The only noteworthy development today was a meeting between the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Narciso Ramos, and
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  • 32 14 IPOH. Fob. 10 The Minister of Home A flairs. Da to <Dr> is m<li i bm Dato Haji Abdul Rahman will OovernnieSS P,'V is lndm:rwl horf on
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  • 181 14 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 10. Two Australian “youth ambassadors” currently touring Malaysia today thanked Government officials for having gone out of their way to oblige them in their requests. Miss Jenny van Hattam and Mr. Peter Klarie, both from the Western Australian University, whose
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  • 37 14 KUALA LUMPUR. F.-b 10—Mr Donald U roti, ‘he Asian representative of the International Transport Workers' Federation, will leave here on Feb. 16 to attend the 14th ECAFE meeting in Bangkok on Inland Transport Problems
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  • 224 14 I/UALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10. —A division has been set up in the Ministry of Defence to buy equipment a n d other requirements for the Armed Forces. Called the Supply Division, it is headed by Mr. Bhupinder Singh, the Under-Sec-retary (Supplies;. Previously,
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  • 35 14 i MUAR Feb. 10—More than 500 delegates from all Umno branches in Tangkak. Muar and Segamat will attend a two-day political course at the Diamond Jubilee Hall here on March 4 and 5.
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  • 125 14 ROTA BHARU, Feb. 10 The Kelantan Mentrl Besar and vice-president of the PMIP, Dato Mohamed Asrl bin Hajl Muda, said today that his party was prepared to stand surety for the release of Its president. Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy. He was commenting
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  • 68 14 IPOH, Feb. 10 Dr. (Miss) Theresa Fernandez, graduate of the Trivandrum Medical College is on a short holiday visiting her father. Mr. Bernard Fernandez, of Gammon (Malaya) Ltd. here. An old girl of St. Anthony’s Convent. Singapore. Dr. Fernandez said that she would like to return to
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  • 171 14 KUCHING. Feb. 10 HESPITE an increase in total trade, Sarawak had a bigger trade deficit last year than in 1964. riiis was due to i smal*er volume of exports last tear. Tlie Government Statistician. Mr O K Nalr. announced todav that trade increased bv 13.2
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  • 193 14  -  DA TO KHOO SIAK CHIEW IN HK by Jeffrey Francis 1ESSELTON, Feb. 10.J Sabah’s Chief Mmister, Mr. Peter Lo, today expressed surprise over a report that his Minister of Communications and Works, Dato Khoo Siak Chiew. may resign and quit politiics. "As far
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  • 137 14 KUANTAN. Feb. 10 A M sian Armed Forces recruit :ti<{ team will visit Pahang for th’i days from Feb. 15 to enlist Mu laysians for various branches the services, particularly for tRoyal Malaysian Navy and f Army. Most of those selected will l)i given technical training.
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  • 33 14 KANGAR. Feb. 10 M than 500 Alliance members guests attended a tea party w the State Alliance Council n here yesterday In celebration the Prime Minister’s 63rd btr day.
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  • 175 15 OINGAPORE, Feb. 10. The Barisan Sosialis today claimed that their detained leader, Lim Chin Siong, has gone on hunger strike in the Woodbridge Hospital. To back up their claim, the party produced his father. Mr. Lim Chin Geok. at a Press conference.
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  • 173 15 Kuala lumpur, Feb 10 The Nottingham Playhouse theatre company will arrive in Penang on Feb. 15 to begin its three week engagement in Malaysia. One of Britain's foremost provincial repertory companies, it will stage Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”, Robert Bolt’s “A Man for All
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  • 66 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Feb. 10. The Johore Government. has earmarked 2,000 acres of land at Tebing Runtoh, off the Straits of Johore, for development of a new port area. This was announced yesterday by the Johore Mentri Besar, Da to Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos, who said
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  • 190 15 K. LUMPUR, Feb. 10 Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Haji Mohamed Ghazali bin Haji Jawi, said today that two more agricultural colleges, costing about $lO million. would be built in the east coast of Malaya and In Sabah,
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  • 159 15 Kuala lumpur. Feb. 10. —An exclusive club in the new Pan Am building at 200, Park Avenue. New York, has commissioned a Kuala Lumpur-born artist to paint the murals for its entrance. He is Mr. Gerard D’Alton Henderson. 37. who has held
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  • 139 15 Kuala lumpur, Feb. 10.- -The Ministry of Health is now working on the final details of its scheme to recruit part-time doctors to meet the acute shortage in the o u t p atient department. These doctors will be paid $25 for every twohour
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  • 125 15 JESSELTON, Feb. 10. SABAH and the Central Government are considering accepting Australian aid to build the Jesselton-Sandakan highway. This was disclosed by the Second Secretary (Colombo Plan) of the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. T.G. Goggin, here on a tour of Sabah. Mr. Goggin
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  • 70 15 JESSELTON, Feb. 10 Sabah’s external trade last year totalled $6OO million —nearly $3B million more than the previous year. Exports totalled more than $2BO million (an increase of more than $2O million than in 1964) and imports amounted to nearly $320 million (an increase
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  • 134 15 PENANG, Feb. 10. The Penang division of the Labour Party of Malava today challenged the Mayor of George Town. Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, to resign from the Cltj Council and seek a fresh mandate. Mr. Ooi, former Penang chairman of the Socialist Front, left the
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  • 79 15 I/UCHING. Feb. 10. **The Sarawak Government had no intention of increasing the rateable value of properties, the Deputy Chief Minister, D a t o James Wong, pledged yesterday. Speaking at Limbang in the Fifth Division, he said there appeared to be misunderstanding about the
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  • 57 15 MALACCA, Feb. 9 —The Acting Senior Medical Officer here, Dr. Tow Slang Yow, will leave for Manila tomorrow to attend a twoweek International seminar on “Integration of Health Services The seminar, which Is being sponsored by the regional office of the World Health Organisation. Western
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  • 93 15 SINGAPORE, Feb. 10.— Construction work will begin soon on the memorial to the civilian victims of the Japanese occupation. Site of the memorial is a 4! acre lot opposite the Raffles Institution in Beach Road. The working committee for the memorial today
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  • 506 16 BALING, reb. 11. yyHKN their kampongs were included in local council areas and they were asked to pay taxes, many villagers who had never paid these taxes before, created a hue and cry, Inche Abdullah bin Yahaya, chairman of the Kupang Local Council, testified
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  • 223 16 (SINGAPORE. Feb. 11. The Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok. today appointed an 11-man national language s p e 1 ling committee I (romanised) to help the Government standardise the language. The committee, comprising Malay scholars in various fields, will also act as
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  • 185 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. 11 A N IL !r E AL immi srant from Indonesia who P eaded.guilty today to a charge of fraudulent came to Singapore lo years ago, was sentenced to one days tall, and a fine of $500, or three months’ tail. Ang. represented
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  • 34 16 PARIT BUNTAR, Feb. 11iMche Abdidin bin Ramli has assumed duties as assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Krlan He succeeds inche Shaarani bin Hajt Mohamed Zainuddin. has been transferred to T »n >h
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  • 298 16 TANJONG MALIM, Feb. 11 'j’HE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today called for a spirit conducive to development to ensure economic progress in the nation. Speaking to participants of the Gedangsa Federal Land Development Scheme, about 20 miles from here, he said: “Independence was
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  • 63 16 w S INGAPORE Feb 11—The New Malaysia Net and Twine Co., Ltd at Jurong, with an authorised capital of $2 million, will be offlomHy opened by the Finance Minister, Mr. Lim Kim San, on Feb. 16. A pioneer industry and a joint Singapore -Japanese venture. it
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  • 164 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. II What are the five commonest cancers in Singapore? The Singapore Cancer Society today said that a recent analysis of microscopically diagnosed cancers had shown that the five commonest cancer* were quite different among Chinese people from those among Indians and
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  • 68 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. II—The Mu' ister for Health. Mr. Yong Nvuk Lin. will officially open the fii s World Health Organisation i v gional training course in tubercu losis at the Lecture Theatre ’< the Tan Tock Seng Hospital u” Feb. 14. The 11-week course, the
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  • 41 16 SINGAPORE. Feb. n —The im!vi rt H^ ota f T car tyres and tubes K i! on qUarter J<ln 24 t 0 23 is 20 per cent. Th s quota includes si/es that are no* m°n"f ,v„
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  • 36 16 SANDAKAN. Feb. 11—Mr. Lim Boon Keng is the first Malaysian to be appointed Divisional Pol' 1 Superintendent in Sandakan. H has taken over duties from Mr 1 S tt'hn trmin ml IPtiVP
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  • 487 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 11. A LETTER sent to union members by the secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Mr. John Gurusamy, purporting to explain the Government method of equal pay implementation, has been described as “misleading and mischievous." Criticism of the letter was
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  • 57 17 PENANG. Feb. 11—The Kampong Pertama Umno branch. Central Province Wellefiey. will hold a party on Feb 12 in honour of three members who were awarded the P.J.K. in the Governor’s birthday honours last December. The recipients are Haji Mohamed Noor bin Haji Abu Bakar Wan Din
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  • 58 17 KANGAR, Feb. 6.—The Mentri Besar, Da to Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. has urged nonMalay government servants tc learn the national language and take a keen interest In it. “You must prepare yourselvef for its full implementation next year as the sole official language, he told
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  • 32 17 KANGAR, Feb. 10 Inche Hashim bin Abdullah was yesterday elected chairman of the Utan Aji community development committee with the village penghulu, Inche Abdullah bin Ariffin. as vice-chairman and secretary
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  • 18 17 PARIT BUNTAR, Feb. 10—Mr. K Suppiah has assumed duties as Civil Defence Officer. Taiping District.
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  • 249 17 SINGAPORE, Feb. 11. —lnternal problems, rather than foreign policies, are now the main pre-occupation of Indonesian leaders. This was how New Zealand’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr. R. A. Lochore, today summed up the latest political thinking In Jakarta. Dr. Lochore, who flew into Singapore
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  • 50 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. B.—A young Gurkha is now in the Royal Malaysian Navy, training to be an electrical mechanic. He is Hamlal, 20, son of Ramshur Jaisi, a retired regimental sergeant major in the Brigade ol Gurkhas, who settled in Negri Sembilan aft*r serving 'in Burma
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  • 299 17 PENANG, Feb. 11. gXPERTS from the World Bank are assisting the Malaysian Government in preparing Malaysia’s ease for presentation to the bank's consultative group meeting in May. One of the experts, Dr. P. Wlgnaraja, a member of the bank’s development advisory service,
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  • 55 17 TANJONG RAMBUTAN, Feb. 11 —The Minister of Health, Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, will open a new third class unit an<f a pyschiatric nurses’ training centre at the Central Mental Hospital here on Feb. 14. I The third class unit consists of four wards for 106
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  • 30 17 JESSELTON. Feb. 9 Sabah's Deputy Chief Minister Dato G. S Sundang, has returned here after convalescing in Switzerland for five months. He is expected to resume duties soon
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  • 29 17 IPOH, Feb. 11 The YMCA, YWCA and the Girl Guide Association here will entertain a 12member visiting Japanese youth goodwill mission at a dinner on Feb. 13.
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  • 210 17 OINGAPORE, Feb. 11. The Australian Council of Trade Unions has promised to ask its government to consider a proposal to buy more finished products from Singapore. Mr. Albert Monk, the visiting president of the council, disclosed this after a 30-minute meeting with
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2539 18 From Our Market (orrespondent 'j'HK lirst lull trading week since mid-January proved lor the stock Kxehange of Malaysia and Singapore to he one of the dullest for a consideraole while. In Mo* live days trading from Monday to Friday the turnover reported through the
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    • 39 18 KI'BBKK TIN i |m>i Ib.l iper pii ull Feb 7. 70 1 4 eh. S7lti.lt 1 1 8 69‘s els. S7U4.M ft. 69 els. 1706.37 j 10 69 1 4 els. $701.37'., II. 69>,els. $698.On It. $697.75
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    • 63 18 4 urrent Total tor In.al lot pavmnii pa > able Hie 'far previous »nai Itotliiiun* 10' 10 s I udri ‘JO Mil 'lo bit \mal ‘2b M*l J > 00 Mala* 'JO' Apl 1 00 \sian 3t' Mhi II. I’a II jniig ■> Mai 1 4 4 ti
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    • 101 18 I HE at« oc i.« 11 on nf Hank* m Malay*ia I.l' Ifi > < Icing in ,'s i.lies in i tiii.'« on Saturday i til rates in s I •»«11 Umlnl Slate* lying H 3 t I I 1 'llia 11 (111 l 15 I t|, HO
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    • 24 18 Feb 11 KI'KIIKK PKKK i'fnt** (tint handed». I IN: SUMS <down I notVin.il rslinnlfil o tiering Mo tons mp to Ion** i.
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    • 61 18 Fc l J r J F, ,J 8 Feb 9 Feb. 10. Fob. 11 Fob 12 l.udu'triaU BS > 88 82 88.21 87 76 87 84 1 8:1 113 49 113.41 112 84 112 38 112 08 N tul.lH-t, 106.15 106 15 106 15 106 15 106
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    • 402 18 r pHE disappointing off t k 1 by Russia for February of some 5.500 tons by un steamer made known on Monday morning, triggered otT a downward movement which continued for most <>t the week, state tl.C.B. Co l.td. in their current local rubber market
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    • 74 18 ('HINSIB Produce Bashango Sm<e -t pare neon prieet pa plant y«>t*< day: Caaanut til; bulk tVI .sellers, drum $55$ sallais. Capra: Feb Mar. UK C'ntinem Unquoted. Ptppar; Hunto!* white $205 sellei Sarawak wane $2021 sellers, sped’ Sarawak black $152$ sellers, garble! black $152|(N) sailers Is' 96% NLWi. ASIA
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    • 37 18 the trea exchange market In •<• K'nir rrlav the I s l>ollm 1 qiio‘ed at 5.74: fur T T. an' 5.731 cash. Sterling v as qtioled at 18 03 ,1 one tj«l of gold at ‘.’fit
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    • 41 18 (Managin' Price*) I *t Malayan 2.0. r Second Malayan M* ♦rr.ii<t Malayan 1 1 M il.iysta Commerce .nr Mai. Sav. Fund 1 10 1 First Horn? Kon£ 1.02 Second Hong Kong .7-* Stalling Commodity r 4* Hong Kong luiientrl.
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  • 310 19  - Ghoshal hopeful Malaysia will get aid. From JEFFREY FRANCIS: Jesselton, Feb. 11 THERE are hopeful signs that the "Aid to Malaysia Club" will provide the $1,900 million required to finance the First Malaysia Plan at its May meet- ing in London. Mr. U. K. Ghoshal. assistant director of the Far
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  • 120 19 VUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 11 Dr. Francisco J. Dy of the Philippines, has been appointed the director of th eWestern Pacific region of the World Health Organisation with headquarters in Manila, it was announced here today. Dr. Dy 54. will take up his new post
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  • 241 19 Kuala lumfur, Feb. 11. The Deputy, Prime Minister, Tun AbI dul Razak, today urged 1 local manufacturers to employ multi racial workers to help reduce the potential communal suspicion among the population. He was speaking at the opening of the $2.5
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  • 236 19 SINGAPORE, Feb. 11. gINGAPORE Umno today welcomed an assurance given by the Singapore Government that it would not object to visits of any political leaders from Malaysia to speak at any functions sponsored by political parties having connection with them. The Singapore Umno
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  • 307 19 SEREMBAN, Feb. 11 COMPRE HENSIVE plans to ease traffic congestion, solve flood problems and re-site 180 street stalls in this town have been drawn up by the State Government. At a Press conference at the Town Council office here today, the Mentri
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  • 156 19 MALACCA, Feb. 11 “l"* The Governor of Malacca, Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusof, today went to the aid of his two escorts two Special Branch police officers and a driver whose car crashed into a rubber tree after going off the road. The accident
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  • 73 19 KLANa>. Feb. 11 The Roman Catholic Church here will celebrate the annual feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on Sunday. The statue of Our Lady will be decorated and carried round the church In procession. The celebrations will end with a mass at
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  • 874 20 FIRST SUCCESS FOR APPRENTICE VELU SINGAPORE. Feb. 12.Racing under new ownership. Clay Paris with apprentice Velayutham astride, scored a surprise win in Race Four to pay $ll5 at Rukit Timah today. It was Vein’s first success. Race One < I.ASS 6, I>IV. 2—OF. Jonah Stables •li LARATOR
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  • 1010 20 SINGAPORE, Feb. U Chiang Geok Ltng, who is appren-1 ticcd to trainer Ivan Allan Jnr., rode his tirst winner $225 outsider Gypsy at Bukit Timah today. Race One ('LASS G —9F ('hen'* Stable’* (7) (’ALVADOS 8 10 (1556 -473) Coles 1 i2> Silver
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 21 20 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $107,970 1st. No. *****0 $56,329 2nd. No. *****1 $16,094 3rd. No. *****0 $8,047 Starters ($1,000 each): Nos.
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    • 26 20 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL $104,565 1st *****0 $56,745 2nd *****0 $16,213 3rd *****1 8,106 Starters ($1,000 each) *****3 *****5 *****3 19o *****7 *****6. Consolations ($750 each)
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