The Straits Budget, 6 April 1966

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  • 37 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. UK.AS A NEWSPAPER SERIES 703. KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 6, 1966. Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KPN 2035.
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    • 264 1 INCREASE IN CIRCUIATION IN 8 YEARS! Reflecting the countries’ consistent economic development the Straits Times has since 1957 soared from an average net sale of 80,683 per issue during that year to 160,249 in October 1965, and is still rising! A continuous rise in income levels (from an estimated £465
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    • 158 2  -  CANDID Malacca ISSUES such as equal pay, housing allowances and medical facilities for teachers are definitely supported by the public, but to expect support for parity of DTCs with Normal and Collegetrained teachers Is redlculous. If having same basic qualification In the same
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    • 119 2  -  “X” Kuala Lumpur IT is reasonable that not every application for company shares Is successful when the Issue Is popular, as In the case of the Chemical Company of Malaysia. But It is entirely unreasonable that when the application is not even considered, allegedly because It
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    • 74 2  -  EX-CORPORAL Malacca IT Is heartening to see K the* Members of the Federal Reserve Unit patrolling the town again after a lapse of several months. Such patrols should be carried out more often and for days In succession. Secret society thugs and their cohorts have been conspicuously absent
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    • 307 2  -  TAXPAYER Singapore pOR a long period It has been customary for Singapore business men or companies who own plantations or mines In the States of Malaya to sell their produce or output In Singapore and remit the usually large sums necessary for wages from Singapore. Even business
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    • 195 2  -  KHOO EWE BOON Teluk Anson JOHN KURIAN Muar VOUR report of the appeal of Mr. Llm Ko and Mr. Wong Chee Leons against a decision of the Board of Architects stated that “specially authorised persons” can submit plans of up to two storeys. Persons who are titled
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    • 208 2  -  TRUTH Penang COMETHING Is not quite In order with the employment of an average teacher In this country. We read of complaints from parents about the poor standard of education in some schools. We can’t blame them because there are a lot of Irregularities
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    • 308 2  -  TOMMY KOH Sinagpore FED-UP Singapore N. R. Kuala Lumpur IJ.S (S.T. March 26) 1 misunderstands me to be arguing for the view that a non-citizen who pays taxes to Singapore should be entitled to all the fundamental rights of a citizen. That is not
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    • 335 2  -  AHMAD JAFFAR Singapore VOUR editorial on March 16 objected to the proposal made to the Constitutional Commission for a second nominated Chamber as u safeguard against minority discrimination on the ground that “racial divisions wo-M be encouraged and not removed.” I disagree. It Is t:\
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    • 715 3 —Straits Times. March 28 that in recent years re- i cruits for the D.T.C. course 1 have sometimes held better < School Certificates than trainees accepted for the college certificate course. The union has put forward as being self-evidently just tho principle of equal pay for equal entry
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    • 264 3 —Straits Times. March 28 The newly-formed Penang Tort Labour Boaid is about to find it cannot solve its problems without breaking rice-bowls. To cut through the shambling labour methods of the past the board proposes tc put an end to casual stevedoring and to give workers secure employment,
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    • 691 3 —Straits Times. March *29 Wot for the first time there has been confusion in the tin industry and in the market at the end of a meeting of the International Tin Council. Two of the assumptions based on statements by the I.T.C.s chairman must now be recast.
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    • 344 3 —Straits Times. March 29 Dato Stephen Ningkan’s statement that internal subversion is a greater tin eat to Sarawak than Indonesian confrontation ties in with the disclosure that Chinese youths are continuing to slip across the border to work with the Indonesians against their own country. Though the basic
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    • 200 3 Straits Times, March 29 One of Malaya's great problems is unemployment; one of Sabah’s great needs is labour. Hopes have been long held that the two could be induced to help cancel each other out but progress so far in persuading Malayans to go to Sabah has been
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    • 690 3 —Straits Times, March 90 Parliament has npprovi <i without serious opposition the establishment of a National Family Planning Board for Ihe co-ordination of family planning that will still be largely the responsibility of the voluntary organisations which have many years experience in this field. Official support and government
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    • 364 4 —Straits Times, March 30 The oil palm industry has grown vigorously in the past five years. In Malaya, acreage under this crop has expanded from 135,000 in 1960 to 200,000 In 1965, while production has increased from 90,000 to 135.000 tons. In Sabah, oil palm is now
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    • 162 4 iiir ciuvi —Straits Times, March 30 The Ministry of Health hopes to solve its medical staff shortages by 197 l y reports the public accounts committee but in the meantime the position is alarming. Against an established strength of 990 doctors, for example, the ministry could tell the
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    • 214 4 —Straits Times, March 31 The British Government’s campaign to bring Rhodesia back to constitutional rule by 1 peaceful means comes to the crunch this week with the opening of the tobacco auction sales in Salisbury. If they sue* ceed, if Mr. lan Smith, the rebel Prime Minister, manages
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    • 328 4 —Straits Times, April 1 The Central Government’s coconut replanting and rehabilitation scheme keeps (lacking away at the huge problem of rundown smallholdings, and as far as it goes it returns very good results indeed. Since the first pilot project in 1963 10,000 acres in 'fohore, Perak and Kelantan
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    • 336 4 —Straits Times, April 2 j Registration of Singapore’s pasar malam hawkers, the first step in the Government’s drive to control all street vendors, appears to have gone very well. More than 10.000 have been licensed during an energetic campaign, and the Government has thus gained an excellent method
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    • 222 4 —Straits Times, Apr'- 1 Proposals made at week’s annual meeting oi thi Malaysian Scientific Association for a national scientific research council deserve most careful considerate From the point of view tha Malaysia’s limited scientifi resources should be put to th best possible use, a strong cas can be
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  • 366 5 SINGAPORE, Mar. 25. iPPROVED American investors in Singapore will be guaranteed by the U.S. Government from today. This follows agreement on investment guarantees between the two countries. The agreement enables the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide the guarantees to approved
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  • 106 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 25—Representatives of the member parties of the Malaysian Solidarity Convention the United Democratic Party, People's Progressive Party. Democratic Action Party. Sarawak United People's Party and Party Machinda met here last night. They teceived reports from the parties and discussed the question of widening
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  • 260 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 25.—India is willing to give Malaysia more training facilities for her Armed Forces, the Secretary of Defence, Inche Abdul Kadir bin Shamsuddin. said today. Inche Kadir, leader of the five-man defence mission to India, was speaking to reporters on his
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  • 349 5 K. LUMPUR, Mar. 27 two-day meeting of the Senate, which opens tomorrow, will be asked for details of the difficulties facing the proposed legislation on the Extension of Collective Agreements. This is among 22 questions tabled by Senator S.P.S. Nathan for written reply
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  • 122 5 OEREMBAN, Mar. 25. —Tampin businessmen and foreign investors are planning to start a $9.5 million sugar refinery as a joint venture at Ayer Hitam, about 50 miles from here, on the Negri SembilanPahang border. The Sharikat Kilang Gula (Tampin) Ltd., has applied for
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  • 57 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 27 Four officers of the Malaysian Artillery will leave here by air tomorrow for Australia to attend a six weeks' course at the School of Artillery, Manly, in New South Wales. They are: Second Lieutenants Abdul Waris bin Kamaruddin. Shamsudin bin Basarah, Mohamed Azidin
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  • 189 5 IPOH, Mar. 27 BILL to enable the Ipoh lV Municipal Council to license massage parlours, will be introduced in the State Legislative Assembly here on Mar. 29. The Bill was to have been presented at an assembly sitting in September last year but it was
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  • 568 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 25. The House of Representatives was today told of quack doctors aperating dispensaries and clinics. DR. MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMED (AH.. Kota Star Seletan), who was speaking during the debate on the Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill said that the public
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  • 107 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27 One of a new class of four fast Blue Funnel cargo liners designed for service between Britain, Western Europe and Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and japan, was launched on the River Tyne In north-east England on Mar. 23. She Is the 13.000-ton gross, 21-knot
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  • 263 6 •PEOPLE’S DESTINIES INTERDEPENDENT... SINGAPORE, Mar. 27 'J'HE People's Action Party's cadre conference today called for closer co-ordination and co-operation between the people oi Singapore and Malaysia. A Press statement, issued after the conference at which tne new central executive committee members were elected, said the
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  • 473 6 K. LUMPUR, Mar. 25 rpHE “Aid Malaysia Club”, which is to meet in London on May 17 and 18 will consider about 100 complete briefs of development projects for which Malaysia is seeking forbign assistance. In addition, the Minister of finance.
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  • 112 6 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27 A American missiouar? Dr. James L. Sullivan *1 be in Singapore next ee to address a Baptist chuic! rally. He is the executive secvewr treasurer of the Baptist Suiwta School Board in Nashville. nessee, and author of three ltgious books At
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  • 49 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar the Zainal Rampak. ass> general secretary of the TranT Workers’ Union, will leave tot United States on April 18 USIS education programme During his three-month there he will study the union structure and the orf- of transport workers m t0 unions.
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  • 202 7 Co-operation between Malaysia, Singapore is vital, he says SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. SINGAPORE'S Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said last night that co-operation between the peoples of Singapore and Malaysia was a matter of extreme importance. Speaking to a large gathering at the Changi Road community
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  • 35 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27—The President of Singapore, Inche Yusof bin Ishak. nas appointed Mr. Sellappa Ramaswamy, a PAP i Member of Parliament, to be a parliamentary secretary with j eflect from March 1.
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  • 62 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27—Members of the British delegation who an* here for talks with the Singapore Government on the double taxation agreement, today went on a sightseeing tour. They visited churches, mosque.*and temples, the Van Klee' Aquarium, the National Theatre Mount Faber and Haw Par Villa accompanied
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  • 35 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar.27—The Malayan Nurses' Union will holu a dance on April 2 at the Girl Guides’ Association Hall here. The Minister of Health, Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin, will attend.
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  • 157 7 SINGAPORE, Mar. 27. —The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. told a gathering of Sikhs today that if every religious, racial, linguistic and cultural group resisted any change, however good it was, Singapore’s multi racial society must collapse. Mr. Lee was declaring open the
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  • 51 7 PENANG, Mar. 27—The Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, yesterday inspected a $190,000 public park project inside Penangs historic Fort Cornwallis. The new park will provide shelter for Mecca pilgrims, stalls for hawkers, a children’s Clayground and a centre to exhibit relics of the old
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  • 403 7 IPOH, Mar. 27 JHE Perak State Government today announced names of successful applicants for 66 scholarships 54 for Malays and 12 for non-Malays to study in universities this year. This record number of scholarships was made possible with an all-time high
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  • 438 7 KAUM IBU: WHY THESE PUPILS FAIL EXAMS PENANG, Monday. Penang Umno Kaum Ibu at its annual assembly last night urged the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Language and Literary Agency) to publish sufficient textbooks for use in national schools. Addressing delegates from 30 branches,
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  • 49 7 I.UMUT, Mar. 27—Mr. Tan Jon Sin has been elected president of the Pantai Remis Fishermen's Co-operative Credit and Marketing Society with Mr. Ong Yaw Chong as secretary, Mr. Choo Kok Hoe ns assistant secretary Mr. Kult Yong Kui as manager and Mr. Ng Ah Chit as treasurer.
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  • 157 8 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 27—The Minister of Home AtTairs, Dato (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman (above) left here today for a nine-day visit *o Japan and Korea. Dato Ismail said he would pay a courtesy call on (he Korean President during his one-week
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  • 150 8 Kuala lumpur, Mar. £B—The Deputy P.lme Minister of New Zealand, Mr. J. R. Marshall, who arrived yesterday for a one-day visit, has extended his stay here until Mar. 30. He started his first day here with a round of golf with the Prime Minister, Tengku
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  • 166 8 FU ALA LUMPUR, JV Mar. 27.-The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, has promised to take appropriate action against British expatriate officers who acted as “big bosses and colonial masters” in Sarawak. Umno's official Journal, Merdeka, reported that Tun Razak had made this promise to
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  • 57 8 JESSELTON Mar 28 —The Deputy Federal Secretary, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ismail, baa received a cheque for woo for the National Defence Fund from the Sabah Broadcasting and Information Recreation Club here. The money was the net pror'r*',s of a "Come S'eptembcr’’ masquerade dance held at
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  • 52 8 SUNGEI PATANI, Mar 28 Members of the Yen division formed last year of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, received their certificates at a simple ceremony during the weekend. They were addressed by the Area Commissioner for Kedah. Mr. M Ramasamv, who stressed the importance of the
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  • 53 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 28—Mr. Soon Teng Yam, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, will open the Easter Trade Pair at the Gay World Amusement Park at 6.30 p.m. on April The opening ceremony will be followed by a cocktail party at the Tai Thong Restaurant
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  • 177 8 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 27.—The Alliance Government’s policy of raising the standard of living of the “have-nots’- is not similar to that of Robin Hood—robbing the rich to help the poor. The Selangor Mentri Besar, Dato Harun bln Hajl Idris, said this at
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  • 162 8 KUALA Lt’MPl’R, Mar. 28—An expatriate officer working in the Agriculture Department in Sarawak has been transferred following a complaint by the Minister for Sarawak Affairs, Dato Temenggong Jugah, that he had insulted him. This was disclosed by the Minister of Lands and
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  • 229 8 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 27—A scheme to provide a fixed allowance for all medical specialists in Government service has reached the stage for Cabinet approval, the Minister of Health, Inche Bahaman bln Shamsuddin, said here today. Inche Bahaman (above), who was speaking at the opening
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  • 38 8 KANGAR, Mar. 25—The Perils C-operatlve Development Department is launching a State-wide publicity campaign this week. During the campaign ending on March 32 teams will visit villages and kampongs, giving film shows and explaining the co-operative-movement
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  • 35 8 SINGAPORE. Mar. 28 The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, has appointed Inche Amir Hamzah bin Omar a committee member of the Singapore Asian Seamen’s Club for two vears from March 16.
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  • 210 8 OINGAPORE, Mar. 27. Anti-Chinese activities in Indonesia are driving out many Chinese who had made the country their permanent home. This was stated in Singapore today by a 50-year-old Chinese batik dealer vrtw had lived in Jakarta for more than 30 years.
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  • 90 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 2« —Representatives of the Malayan Planting Industries Employers’ Association and the National Union of Plantation Workers met again today for further talks on the union’s claims. The union delegaton was led by Mr. P. P. Narayanan, the general secretary of NUPW.
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  • 36 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 25. Senator Gan Teck Yeow liS elected chairman and Mr. OH Lang, vice-chairman of the Rubber Producers’ Council at the 15th annual general meeting of die council held here yesterday.
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  • 42 8 SUNGEI PATANI, Mar. 28— Labour Party branch here has elec* ted Mr. Teh Pek Choon as chairman with Mr Kung CX)t Beng and Mr. Lim Ah Ba as vice-chairman. Mr. Choo Sum Poh secretary a n(1 Llm Ah Soon treasurer.
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  • 464 9 THE SENATE DEBATES FAMILY PLANNING Govt should not control population growth at the expense of moral decay, says PMIP man KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 28. HEARS that “good time'’ girls would make r use of family planning facilities were expressed in the Senate today by several members.
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  • 155 9 SINGAPORE, Mar. Z 9. Da to Lee Chee Shan, managing director of Chang Khiaw Bank Ltd., has made a personal donation of to the Department of Clinical Medicine of the University of Singapore for the award of a study grant. The study grant is
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  • 231 9 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 29. —The Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. J.R. Marshall, said here today that he was greatly impressed with the “tremendous development” going on in this country. In an interview with Television Malaysia, Mr. Marshall said that his discussions with
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  • 90 9 KUALA KANGSAR. Mar. 29 ghulu of Jimah, Port DickAhmad bin Said, yesterday congratulated 80 people, Including 31 Chinese, of Padana Rengas near here for successfully completing a three-year adult education course. Presenting certificates to them, Da to Ahmad Mid that the aim of conducting adult
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  • 462 9 K. LUMPUR. Mar. 2S 'JHE secretary to the Federal Treasury, Inche Mohamed Sharif bin Abu Abdul Samad, was the only one to be made a Dato in the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan’s birthday honours list announced today. The State
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  • 47 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29 Mr. 8. Sivadas has been elected president of the Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club. Other officLris: Vloe-presiden ts Mr. Ng Sek Kwan and Mr. Kuldeep Singh; secretary Miss Janet Foo; treasurer Mr. Lee Yit Sun; assistant secretary Mr. Ng Seng Klat.
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  • 45 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 28 The Senate today dealt with 20 Bills, many of them without debate. in a day-long sitting, before adjourning since die. All the Bills were approved by the House of Represents tires in a fire-day sitting last weefc.
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    • 450 10 By OUR PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS K. LUMPUR, Mar. 26 1 r £HE Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today explained that his recent allegation that some teachers were devoting only 10 per cent of their time to teaching and
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    • 252 10 MALA YSIA BELONGS TO ALL: MENTR1 IPOH, Mar. 28. MALAYSIA is Inhabited and. owned by various races—Malays, Chinese and Indians and not by one single race or community alone, the Perak Mentri Besar, Dato Ahmad bin Said, told 30 Umno youth leaders attending
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    • 170 10 |£UALA LUMPUR, Mar. 28. —The Government has banned 27 books, printed in Chinese, under the Control of Imported Publications Ordinance. The books are Romance in Japan, Yu Tang Chun, My Diary The Fire of Lustful Desire alias The Fascinating Island of Fragrance,
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    • 45 10 PENANG, Mar. 28 Mrs R. Nallusamy was elected chairman of the Sungei Glugor branch of the Women's Institute at its inaugural meeting during the weekend. Che Ramlah Hajar was elected vice-chairman with Che Roziah Asizuddin as secretary and Che Babi Salimah Abdullah treasurer.
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    • 32 10 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28 The Minister of State for Education. Inche Rahim Ishak. will be the guest of honour of the Presbyterian Boys’ School annual Speech Day on April 7.
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    • 216 10 Treasury ‘very stingy with money 1/ I’ALA LUMPl T R, Mar. a 28. An assurance that the Ministry ot Finance would exercise the greatest watchfulness over public expenditure was given today by the Assistant Minister of Finance, Dr. Ng Kam Poh. The Assistant Minister who was winding up the debate
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    • 94 10 SINGAPORE. Mar. 28 Leftwing trade unions in Singapore are preparing to hold May Day celebrations here and a preparatory committee> comprising of representatives of unions> has already been set up. Trade unions participating in the celebrations include the Commercl House and Factory Employees
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    • 166 10 IZUALA LUMP UK Mar. 25. a jetty built at a cost of sn 500 at Sabak Bernam in Selangor was today described as a “white elephant” by an AJliance State Assembly, man. Speaking during the debate on a Supplementary Supply Bill totalling $211,126 for
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    • 165 10 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 27.-—New Zealand has given the largest defence aid to Malaysia per head of population. This was stated by New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister. Mr. J. R. Marshall, who flew in tonight for a one-day visit Mr. Marshall, who is also Minister of
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  • 898 11 MINERS WILL GET $62 m. REFUND FROM SECOND BUFFER STOCK KUALA LUMPUR Mar. 19 MALAYSIA, with 11 other producing countries, will press for a minimum floor price of at least £1,200 a ton at the earliest opportune moment, the Secretary
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  • 197 11 KUALA TRENGGANU, Mar. 28. rpHE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Raz&k, A today told Government officers not to delay requests from the people for months and years. “This will give the Government a bad name,” he said. Tun Razak told them this during
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  • 45 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 28—Sarawak’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dato Teo Kui Seng, arrived here today to Join his Chief Minister, Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan, for talks on the State’s laud development scheme problems with the Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razek.
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  • 191 11 lESSELTON, Mar. 29. The State Statistician, Mr. T. V. Palan, today appealed to all business concerns for their whole hearted co-operation in the department’s efforts to collect retail prices of 82 basic consumer items. He said the information would be published in
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  • 90 11 JESS ELTON, Mar. 29.—The Yang di-Pertua Negara of Sabah, Dato Penglran Haji Ahmad Raffee, has called on farmers in the State to adopt modern farming methods and not hesitate to approach agricultural experts for advice so that their standard of living could be Improved. Speaking at
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  • 71 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 29 Three officers of the Malaysian Army will leave here on Apr. 2 for Bombay to attend a Senior Officers cource at the Infantry School in Mhow India. They are Major Tahjr bln Ismail, of the 4th Bn., Royal Malay Regiment; Major Nik
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  • 71 11 PENANG, Mar. 20.—The former Mayor Mr. C. Y. Choy will move at Apr. I s City Council meeting a motion urging the closure of all council departments on May Day and its observance as a holiday. He will ask however, that as May 1 this
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  • 389 12 K. LUMPUR, Mar. 29 'J'HE Federal Establishment Office is putting the final touches to the two-point formula announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, as part of the drive to streamline the public services. The final draft will be submitted to
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  • 129 12 Kuala lumpur, Mar. 27. —Internal subversion in Sarawak is one of the main problems worrying the State, said Sarawak's Chief Minister, Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan. Dato Ningkan. who arrived here today for a threeday visit to discuss “routine matters” with the Minister of
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  • 43 12 TELUK ANSON. Mar. 29. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded on Ng For Kuan, 25, a cook, who was found dead at the 9th mile Changkat Jong Road on Sept. 10 last year after crashing his motor-cycle Into two guidestones.
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  • 191 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. —The Medical Progress Fund has received a donation of $5,000 In memory of the late Madam Chew Chwee Kim, wife of Mr. Chua Toh Hua, chairman of Soon Cheong Ltd., Malaya and Singapore. The money will be used to provide
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  • 185 12 |£UALA LUMPUR, Mar. 28 A 17-man team of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation will visit Malaysia. Singapore. Thailand And Hong Kong next month. This Is a “follow-up” on the first official trad# mission 18 months axo Tha team will look for prospective markets for
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  • 337 12 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29. AIR travellers, who hold certificates of identity issued by the Singapore Immigration Department without beii\g endorsed with visas by the British High Commission, will not be allowed to enter Brunei with effect from April 1. This was disclosed yesterday
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  • 51 12 SINOAPORE, Mar. 29 —A Biitiah Army surgeon who has been treating Malaysian soldiers wounded by Indonesian terrorists along the Borneo frontier has been transferred to Hong Kong. Major Bruce McDermott was taken out of front-line duty after having performed about 400 operations in five and a half
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  • 179 12 IT UALA TRENGGANU, Mar. 29.— Two more regional National Service training centres will be established in the country one in Penang and the other in Johore Bahru, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said today. Tun Razak said this when he took the
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  • 463 13 83 jew *3dOdV9NIS THE Singapore rubber market has reacted in 1 an “unusually lethargic manner” with a decline in turnover, despite the existence of five factors which would have stimulated turnover in previous years. This was stated by the chairman of
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  • 52 13 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28.—Mr. K. Suppiah. president of the Public Daily Rated Employees’ Federation, left yesterday by air for a 45-day study tour of the labour movement in America. He is making the tour under a scholarship provided by the United States in its educational and
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  • 31 13 SEGAMAT, Mar. 29. The Johore Veterinary Department will hold a 28-day poultry farming course a* its training centre at 41 miles Jalan Ayer Itam, Kluang. beginning on Apr. 3.
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  • 21 13 NIBONG TEBAL, Mar. 29. Work on the midwifery clinic at Tanjong Berempang six miles from here, has been completed.
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  • 154 13 JTSSELTON, Mar. 28. The Federal Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, will now visit Sabah at the end of next month. Twice he was to h ive come here to probe into the acute shortage of skilled labour but on both occasions his visit
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  • 246 13  -  AUSSIE COST OF LIVING HIGH... t From Gary Yeang pERTH, Mar 28.—Ma- laysian Federal scholarship nolders in Western Australia are discontented with the monthly allowance they are getting from home. They find It hard to make ends meet because of the ever rising Australian
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  • 209 13 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 29. —The National Electricity Board today signed a $14 million contract with Fuji Electric Co. Ltd. of Japan for setting up a generating plant for the Batang Padang hydro electric scheme. The contract Includes the supply and Installation of
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  • 314 13 Education offices send out circulars to headmasters KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 29. ('H1LDREN of aliens, including Singapore citizens, will have to seek the approval of the State Chief Education Officers before being admitted into Malaysian primary schools next year. They have to
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  • 83 13 —Reuter. BANGKOK, Mar. 29 The United States has delivered to Thailand an undisclosed number of F-5 Jet fighter planes, according to the Thai Air Force chief. Air Chief Marshal Boonchoo Chandarubeksa. The planes were the first to be delivered under a military assistance programmes, he
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  • 45 13 SUNGEI PATANI, Mar. 29—The Sultan of Kedah will give away the prizes and the Minister of Education, Inche Mdhamod Khir bin Johari, will speak on behalf of the old boys, at the speech day of Sultan Abdul Hamid College. Alor Star, next Sunday.
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  • 405 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 30 SINGAPORE has withdrawn from the Joint Defence Council and the C o m b i n ed Operations Committee, Tengku Abdul Rahman disclosed today. No reason was given for the withdrawal. Indivisible But Singapore’s pull-out would not mean that there would
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  • 267 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 29. »FHE Sarawak State Government Is to form two x committees for Borneonlsation and establishment at Ministerial level, the Chief Minister, Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan, announced here today. The announcement fol- lowed a one-and-a-half hour discussion the Chief Minister had
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  • 49 14 NEW DELHI. Mar. 29 A new seven-man governing council, including Singapore's Defence Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. was elected yesterday for the Asian Institute for Economic Development and Planning. The Asian Institute was established three years ago to train economic planners for Asian countries.—AP.
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  • 62 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mar. 31 The Johore Bahru Jaycees will hold a "jumble sale” at the Diamond Jubille Hall here on Apr. 2 in aid of their community service fund. The Chief Medical Health Officer. Dr Abdullah bin Ahmad, will launch on Apr. 4 a lottery organised
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  • 156 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 30—A collection of 175 books covering every aspect of Australian life was today presented to the University of Singapore library. Mr. W. B. Pritchett, Australian High Commissioner in Singapore presented the books a gift from the Commonwealth Literary Fund of
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  • 84 14 PENANG. Mar. 31 The president of the Penang Floral Art Society, Mrs. W. M. Samson, last night presented a cheque for $113 to the Red Cross Society. “This is a token of appreciation for the help given by the Red Cross members at the floral
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  • 118 14 SINGAPORE, Mar. 29 ABOUT 42.000 applications from noncitizens for work permits were received at the Employment Office in Chatsworth Road up to 4.30 pm. yesterday. Tomorrow is the last day. About 6 000 applications have already been approved and work permits granted. The number of applications
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  • 326 14 JESSELTON, Mar. 30. 'J’HE Secretary to the Federal Ministry ot Labour, Mr. Yeap Kee Aik, said here today that certain principles had been formulated by which Malaysian workers might be brought to Sabah to solve the acute shortage of skilled labour. He would not
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  • 257 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. TWO new coconut replanting and rehabilitation schemes are expected to be carried out in Kuala Langat Selangor, and Nibong Tebal, Province Wellesley, in June. The target is 1,000 acres in each area. Up to last month, the Chief
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  • 97 15 n BUNTA R, Mar. 30—The „P£ flcer Krian, Inche Ahmad Hisham bin Mat Piah. fh» vP a PP°lnted chairman of l n Rubber Supervision Ll^l Slng Board for 1966. memb< r are: Haji inll w n HAii Abdul Raof, AhmL aso i bin Untoi, Inche Ha n
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  • 95 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 11.— Singapore’s Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said today: “I shall be happy to see the Tengku for discussions to establish sound and good relations and find areas for co-operation. “A* I told him on March 36, after
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  • 40 15 PARIT BUNTAR, Thurs.—Mr. OVeerasingam has been re-elected president of Parit Buntar branch of the MIC for the fourth year. Other officials are: Vice-presi-dent, Mr. V. Ramasamy; secretary, Mr. T. Packrisamy; and tieasurer, Mr. K. S. Venugopal.
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  • 194 15 SINGAPORE, Mar. 28. —The president of the Singapore Rubber Packers’ Association, Dato Ng Quee Lam, today denied a report from Kyodo, the Japanese news agency, that China had “suddenly stopped” its purchases of rubber from Singapore because of present trade talks between Singapore
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  • 78 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30 The Minister of Transport. Dato Sardon bin Haji Jubir. will pay a three-day visit to Trengganu and Kelantan beginning on Apr. 3. He will inspect the airport at the two State capitals and call on the Mentris Besar of both
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  • 132 15 J/ U ALA LUMPIR, Mar. 31.—The new-ly-registered Democratic Party will hold its inaugural meeting at its Batu Road headquarters here on Mar. 31 at 10 am. Its chairman, Dr. Chen Man Hin, and secretarygeneral, Mr. C. V. Devan, Nair, will outline the
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  • 378 15 SINGAPORE. Mar. 29. THE directors of Selangor Coconuts Ltd., subject A of a partial takeover bid by a local syndicate, have recommended stockholders not to accept the offer on the grounds that it does not reflect the full value of their holdings. Further
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  • 76 15 JESS ELTON Mar 30—Five Sabah weavers three women and two men have left here for Trengganu for three months' training at the Mara Weaving Centre. The State Rural Industries Officer. Haji Munji bin Haji Mohamed Shah, said the aim was to improve the present
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  • 44 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 30—Inche Mohamed Shah bin Talib oi the Government Printing Department here will leave for India tomorrow for training in letter prest printing, inche Shah called on the Indian High Commissioner Mr. Mustafa Kamil Kidwal. this morning.
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  • 151 15 U UALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31.—The new-ly-appointed acting Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mr. Lien Ying Chow, said here today that relations between Malaysia and Singapore were bound to improve. Mr. Lien arrived here to act during the absence of the Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia,
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  • 130 15 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 30— The Democratic Action Party has set up a special I sub-committee to draft the Party’s programme and j manifesto. j This nrlove follows the regis- tration of the party two weeks ago. The party chairman, Dr. Chen Man Hin,
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  • 245 16 New Zealand’s Deputy Premier hopes Britain will continue to stay in Singapore KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. ZEALAND considers the presence of British troops in Singapore as the “firm base” for the joint defence of not only Malaysia and Singapore, but also of herself, the Deputy
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  • 109 16 IT UAL A LUMPUR Vfar 111 Malaya produced 11 4. "'12 piculs of tin in February, containing 3.151 tons of metal. The production in January was 124,030 piculs. Tlie average daily production according to Malayan mining statistics published today was 10V7 piculs
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  • 52 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar 30 Lieutenant-Colonel A. W. Pitchett of the Royal New Zealand Signals will replace Wing Commander W. Hughes as the Defence Liaison Officer with the New Zealand High Commission here. Lt.-Col. Pitchett, who was prc\lously Director of Military Intelligence In New Zealand. Joined the Ann.v
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  • 63 16 KUCHING. Mar. Si—Col. Ismail Ibrahim. Commander of Mulay.uan Hroops, Sarawak, will present Hari Raya gifts to the poor at the Kuching Women’s Home welfare Association premises in Kampong Sungai Bedil Besar here to morrow. The gifts, which include money. I rice, sugur. biscuits and condensed
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  • 58 16 MALACCA. Mar. 30 Mrs Joy Murphy, president of the Terendak Garrison Churches’ Women’s Club, yesterday handed a $5OO cheque to Dato Tan Cheng Swee, Malacca branch chairman of the Malayan Association lor the Prevention of Tuberculosis. The money is to purchase a television set for the
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  • 147 16 I/UALA TRENG- GANU, Mar. 29. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, yesterday made on-the-spot grants totalling more than $1.6 million for rural projects in Trengganu. The grants included $730,280 for the construction of religious institutions, $500,000 for repair of roads, bridges and
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  • 187 16 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. r2IZ-7AJCATTOX talks between Singapore u util Bnna.n xere concluded this morning. Th;? ormai ngn.r.g of an agreement is expected to uiJlmv sonn. Hip f»nr *lav .uks. vhie.h »n Mar. 18 .v**rß lfscrlbert iv i Government statement is ‘mutually wmefldal. 4\i i i
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  • 79 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30 Among the 675 Fulbright awards for U.S scholars next year, 16 will oe for lecture and research work m Malaysia and Singapore. J his was announced today by 'he United Ktates Information vice heie. Tne programme, proposed by is**u*.U>r J
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  • 71 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 30—The acting High Commissioner for Singapore in Malaysia. Mr. Lien Ying Chow, will leave for Kuala Lumpur by air tomorrow. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Lien. On Apr. 4 Mr. Lien will formally take up his new appointment which will be for
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  • 150 16 PENANG, Mar. 30. THE Penang Badminton Association was urged last night to start a fund to buy “an appropriate souvenir” for Tan Aik Huang, the new AllEngland badminton champion. “I would suggest the presentation be made to Aik Huang when he returns from his
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  • 138 16 i SINGAPORE, Thurs. Nine Singapore fishermen, detained by the Indian authorities on one of the Andaman islands in the Indian Ocean since February this year, are awaiting trial on charges of allegedly entering Indian territorial waters. A spokesman of Singapore’s Foreign Ministry confirmed this
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  • 43 16 SINGAPORE. Mar. 30 Miss Yang Liu Soi has passed the examination for rhc Diploma in Social Studies Part II held at the University of Singapore in January this year. Miss Azghari Begum Badsha provisionally passed the same examination.
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  • 277 16 DENANG, Mar. 30. The former Ceylon High Commissioner to Malaya, Mr. M. Saravanamuttu, last nightexpressed the hope that non Malays would in the course of time qualify also for the title of Malaysia’s “sons of the soil.” “At present, we
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  • 789 17 GRAB IS ‘LITTLE LESS TRAN EXPROPRIATION COMPENSATION: BOTTOMLEY IS ASKED TO HEW SINGAPORE, Mar. 30 THE largest single piece of land left undeveloped in landhungry Singapore 1,024 acres belonging to the British-owned Bajau Rubber and Produce Estates Ltd. has been compulsorily taken over by
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  • 176 17 SINGAPORE, Mar. 31. —Some 900 strdents nave been selected for admission to the University of Singapore for the 1966/1967 new academic term, which opens in May. The university’s assistant registrar, Mrs. Lu Sinclair, today disclosed that about 700 students had been notified of their selection
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  • 331 17 KUALA LUMPUR, March 31. VfORE than 30 countries with diplomatic missions in Malaysia have been invited to take part in a 17-day International Trade Exhibition io be held here from October 28. The chairman of the working committee of the
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  • 118 17 MALACCA, Mar. SO A I*l founder member of the Malacca Labour Party. Xnche Mohamed Gulhan bln Aslam Khan, has resigned from the party “because I fear it is coming under Communist influence/* Inche Gulhan, head watchman at the Malacca Municipality, was a committee member of
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  • 55 17 IPOH, Mar. 31 Two Malaysian Army officers will leave on April to attend a one-year staff course at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington. India. They are Maj. Jaafar bm Mohamed of the 2nd Regiment. Malaysian Artillery; and Maj. C. J. Marsh, of the
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  • 59 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 30 Seven trade unionists from Malaysia. Singapore and Brunei left here today for a 45-day study tour of the United States. They are: Inche Mohamad bin Othman. Inche Idrus bin Abu, Inche Awang othman Sunggoh, Mr. Tan Hin Seng. Mr. K. Suppiah.
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  • 50 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 30 Mr. Lee Soh Huong, a former quality control officer in a firm here, has joined the National Productivity Centre as a training and investigating officer in its light industry services unit. The Centre hopes to recruit six more training and investigating officers.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET BEVIEW
    • 2336 18 From Our .Market Correspondent 1 1' it had not been tor the dealings in (’CM Stores last week in the shortened trading period due to the llari Ka.va Ha ji holiday, conditions would have been even duller. ot tin* total combined turnover of 2.082.514 units
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    • 47 18 HI Hitt II TIN i |h-i llt.i. i per picul i. Vll ti't I ,i ts s*ibl IT ft t.'l' I ts. s«*»'* I! 1 J (ii tjs ,t is kit;7l .r»o :i tig .i ts sit»ii'».:(T 1 j ,ii i St; 7*1.00 i 9ti'3.uu
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    • 175 18 f pHK General Si*rvi< 1 ministration on 1 changed its policy for M ing rubber from the i s -tockpile, a G S..\ sp »ke. ;n >ald in Washington. Rubber will be Mild vu:!w cht! li t ion oil the .mu ii. auiv lx? sold
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    • 45 18 >l.ii. »H Mai.* 4 Mar. Mai 31 \pr. 1 Apr III. iisliiaK 86..V! 86. S7 86 46 86.79 86.83 I ms Hl'Mii HI!* 07 11)8.8 > 10S.97 108 'IS > luhlieis: |(>9.1<* 100. !3 I»*•».•»A 109.!A 409.*3 l)n in, 1063=100. I>n !'i, 106!= 100.
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    • 39 18 urrent l».di* I oUI lor I ol d |ia> menl pav.dil** tlicvrai pi r\iou* v r.ir 4 < »'f- May \s IV, I--l'**ll 1*11*' >1.»\ i I V, I > n 1 7 l*, Ma* 1 I'lio hullo* In'riini
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    • 57 18 I’ll* orrsent rati* of tin* Malayan dollar against t lit* pound sterling fixed on November *>4. 1061 is selling r.1. or I). !s. :t I N I fid Buying T.T. !s j it;d. Buying O.D. !s. I',. I In* dollai is at its statutory middlt* position in lel.ition
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    • 43 18 I he spokesman of the State fin Mining Company, Major Sajlciiman, has denied reports that Indonesia s tin industry was sutleriiu from supply and shipping diffitultiei He said that his company had been meeting consumers request is u ual without difficulties.
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    • 109 18 Pioduction ot natural rubliei in India increased last veai to 49.400 metric tons from 44.2.50 tin, in i'jti4. according to an in lal release. Consumption o! all ..inds of rubber in tl»e country increased from BJ.laO metri' tons to 94,740 tons during Hie same period. The
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    • 70 18 'I'HB Affectation of Bankt in Malay* 1 «la mad* Iheae thatig-s In II? fat-? to merchants on Saturday tall rates to $1001; Canada: buying TT 33 3 16. airmail OL) 35 7/16. 90 d it. 36 < red t hills, 33 l 16 trade bills. Sailing TT or
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    • 38 18 \.N tht tr»a tiohanga marhat in Hung Kon« on Saturday th* U s. dollui was quot'd at 5.764 for T.T. and 5 741 tor eaah. Starling was quot'd 16.01 and •na taal of gold at 263.
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  • 122 18  -  ANDREW LEI Singapore JACQUI LOII Public Relations Oflicei Public Utilities Board Singapore IN a recent advertisement the Singapore Government has seen it fit to restrict applications to various posts to honours degree graduates only. Surely this is a gros> misuse of scarce, expen sively trained manpower educated at
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  • 794 19 KUALA LUMPUR, April 1. Yang di-Pertuan Agong today indirectly referred to the Indonesian confrontation against Ma A aysia and expressed his hope hat it would cease soon. In a moving address to the 10,000 congregation who offered Hari Raya Haji prayers
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  • 368 19 NEW ORDERS AND A NEW TITLE To avoid confusion 1£UALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. —The Government today created three new Malaysian orders of chivalry and announced a change in title. Holders of the Panglima Mangku Negara (P.M.N.) will now carry the title of Tan instead of Dato. This is to avoid
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  • 118 19 Kuala lumpur, April 1.The New Zealand Defence Minister, Mr. Dean Eyre, arrived here today to hold discussions on his country’s defence aid to l Malaysia. I Tonight he met the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ol Defence, Tun Abdul Razak. Mr. Eyre was accompanied
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  • 102 19 SINGAPORE. Apr. I—Professor Dr. I. Koike, of Juntendo Uni* versity and chief of the Gastroscopic Research Unit, Tokyo, will arrive here on Tuesday to give a demonstration of the gastro camera, which is used for photographing the stomach and portions of the gastric wall
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  • 60 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. I—lnche Zulkarnain bin Ibrahim, left for London today to take up a post as placement officer at the Malaysian Student Department there. In this capacity he will help newly arrived Malaysian students to find places at colleges and universities. Inche Zulkarnain was formerly
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  • 407 19 KUALA LUMPUR, April 1. medical and health branch of the Senior Government Officers’ Association today described the Cabinet offer of fixed monthly allowance to specialist doctors as “paltry.” While the specialists were not against the principle of a monthly fixed allowance the Government
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  • 113 20 Kuala lumpur, api-.i The New Zealand Defence Minister Mr. Dean Eyre, who arrived this evening frcm Bangkok for a four-day visit to Malaya, was unable to meet the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. tonight because he was slightly indisposed. This was announced
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  • 75 20 SINGAPORE. Apr. I—Japan Airlines has announced that Its Slngapore-J altar la nights would be suspended from Tuesday to April 19 because of repair work being carried oui on vne Jakarta a'r port runway. The airlines has also changed Its flight numbers to JL 711 for
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  • 307 20 KUALA LUMPUR, April. 1. 'THREE local scientists last night strongly ad- vocated the setting up of a national scientific research council with the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, as chairman and the Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, as
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  • 183 20 rpELUK ANSON, Apr. 1..—So far pleas for land on fringes of estates in the Lower Perak area have not been taken up by elected representatives of the Alliance in the Statt Assembly and Parliament. This was stated at the annual meeting
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  • 100 20 Kuching, Apr. i-The*ago industry, mainstay of the economy of the Melanau people in Sarawak’s Third Division has been hard hit bv falling prices. The Mukah district annual report for 1965 issued yesterday sayt that the Melanau people were nou earning hardly enough to
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  • 968 20 Kuala lumpur, April 3. It was a momentous day for Kuala Lumpur .archi-tect-sportsman Leong Thoe Soon when the April meeting began this afternoon. Two hours after the $2.7million Royal Grandstand, which he designed, was opened by Tengku Abdul i Rahman, Mr. Leong’s Raytone (Ricky Kingston
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 46 20 BIG SWEEP Total Pool $95,780. 1st No. *****9 $23,706 2nd No. *****7 $11,853 3rd No. *****9 5,926 Starters ($538 each): Nos. *****9 *****2 *****0 *****6 *****7 *****1 *****1 *****4 *****2 *****2 *****9. Consolation ($526 each): Nos. *****2 *****1 *****1 1*7911 *****3 *****5 *****2 *****2 *****2 *****3.
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