The Straits Budget, 20 July 1966

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  • 39 1 The Straits Budget m». it 7 i^_ KUALA LUMPUR, 20 JULY, 1966 THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA’S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REGISTERED AT THE O.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER Price 40 Cents (Malaya or 1 Shilling) KDN 0015
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    • 262 1 MCREASE M CIRCULATION 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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    • 217 2  -  TAN PENG GEE Chief Paths Officer Singapore IN reply to “Pointer’s'* letter (S.T. July 2) on the wear and tear at Kallang Park. I should point out that, in view of the proposed National Stadium project which Is being planned atKallang, expenditure on Improvements and
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    • 88 2  -  OBSERVER Kluang IVML’S letter on unsold lottery tickets (8.T. July 9) glees food for a lot of thought. The general impression Is that all tickets v are sold, and it Is news to many that this Is not so. Publicity for unsold tickets numbers appears to
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    • 30 2  -  S4BWAN S. D. Johore Bahru 11/ITH Increasingly heavy vler traffic Johore Bahru's “Stop, Look, Go.'' signs rre time-wasting and anachronistic and should give way to proper, modem traffic lights.
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    • 170 2  -  N. A. NATHAN Taiping D R M. M. Sreenivas’s appeal to Government for reforms in the system of nominations to public boards (S.T. July 2) and for nominees to be men of ability, was most enlightening. His reference to the erection of an emergency ward at Taiping
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    • 90 2  -  CHRISTOPHER Singapore MANY flat dwellers in lT *the new h ousln g estate are fed up with some neighbours who switch on their T.V. sets too loudly. Are they trying to share their sets with their other less fortunate neighbours? Are they, trying to convert their houses Into
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    • 39 2  - K.8.M. Trlang MENTAKAB Hospital is badly in need of staff and improvements. C6ndltlons are so bad you prefer to take your chances at homee Uve.or We need doctor*, good and true, and they could do with a better hospital
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    • 124 2  -  SUFFERING Singapore THE 8.T.C. start by 4 providing a regular service which after a time slackens. This has been the case with the 18A service which now has some of the oldest buses, few and irregular. Passengers have to wait 15 minutes to half an hour sometimes. Some
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    • 234 2  -  EX-POLICE B. Mertajam I BUPPORT the con-' tentlon •by “Poorer" <S.T. July 9.) that it is time some of the G.Os and F.G.Os are amended and re-phrased. I .am a retired police inspector, having served 25 years after rising from an ordinary mata-mata to the rank
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    • 116 2  -  S.Y.K. Koala Lumpur IHOPE the authorities who Issue licences to hawkers will not stop them singing their Uttle tunes to tell us what they are selling. One of the more attractive things about hawkers is that they sing. This art is fast dying out Elisabeth Bowden
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    • 53 2  -  RING-RING Kajang. EVER tried calling the telephone exchange in our small towns like Kajang? Try It and know frustration. It would be a great service to the telephone users if the authorities would try tc Improve our miserable telephone service and then ask for 10 or 20 extra
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    • 49 2  -  P.P. Singapore THE ‘no-smoking’ rule in the Lido Cinema Is largely for the convenie n c e of non-smokers. Does not the management appreciate that by such action smokers are being deprived of their enjoyment when they pay an equal amount of money to see a film?
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    • 154 2  -  DISC i STER Kuala Lompur fAN mangoes be broufa into Malaya by air Is a permit necessity? The Malaysian ssistant H'gh Commiss; ners Office In Madras a parfeTitly does not know or rather believes that the mangoes can be taken into Malaya and without a permit.
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    • 196 2  -  LIM CHIN Kl Penang 'THE repoit (8.T. July > on the appearance yet another substitute tin plate should no: unchallenged. While credit sV given to the Japar.e?.; ventors for using cnromic acid to form a protective layer on steel plates, the. suge/that this chenuc*. r
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    • 744 3 —Straits Times. July 11 Vu. 1 I mi a ton increase in thr* tm floor price is much Unci than nothing. But it is 1,-<> than producers asked for, i, than i> fair, and less than would hu'v been had sales oi Amrric.m surplus tin not
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    • 383 3 —Straits Times. July 11 Inche Mohamad bin Jamil, the Director of Agriculture in Malaya, did not have much trouble justifying his statej ment at the Serdang alumni association seminar on July 9 that smallholdings were a brake on agricultural development. Malayan padi farmers with nearly a million acres
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    • 666 3 Straits Times. July 12 The annual conferences sponsored by fhe Rubber Research Institute are a stimulus which the industry both needs and appreciates. They provide commercial facts for the scientist, and scientific truths lor the planter, the right ingredients for planning as Mr. B. C. Sekhar, the
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    • 148 3 Struds; Times. July 1*2 The Malaysian Health Minister pinpointed a great social change as well as a great problem when he addressed the Malayan Medical Association at the weekend. Between 1900 and IWm, he said. annual attendances at hospital outpatients clinics rose from 5,800,000 to 5,800,000 and at
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    • 371 3 —Straits Times, July 13 The policy statement on the Unilicd Teaching Service which the Education Minister has said will be published on July 25 will deal not only with the grievances of the teachers’ unions, but also with features of the U.T.S. which are unsatisfactory from the Government’s
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    • 614 4 —Straits Times, July 14 Apparently there is no conflict between expectations in Jakarta of further talks with a Malaysian military mission to clarify possible differences in interpretation of the Bangkok recommendations, and the Tengku’s statement yesterday that the mission will go only after ratification of these principles.
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    • 637 4 OStraits Times, July 15 Officials of the Asa countries will meet again this month to put the finishing touches to proposals for joint action. Next month, the Foreign Ministers of Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines will get together to formalise Asa’s revival and officially launch various co-operative
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    • 340 4 OStraits Times, July 15 A year ago Tun Abdul Ra/ak, the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, and Inche Asri bin Haji Muda, the Kelantan Mentri Blesar, seemed to make great progress in sorting out problems between Kuala Lumpur and Kota Bharu. Tun Razak assured the PMIP-controlled State of “the
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    • 363 4 —Straits Times, July 16 Perhaps there is no need for cities nowadays to have their acknowledged centres. The car, the telephone, the radio and the post office have so changed urban life that the old-fashioned market place has lost its once essential purpose as a place for gossip;
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    • 215 4 —Straits Times, July 1® The Malayan Railway committee which has been appointed to investigate deia’lments will have its work cut out if accidents continue at titrate of the last few years. According to the Ministry of Transport last month there were 242 “major derailments (which 6eems to mean
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  • 706 5 RAZAK’S invitation TO ‘BUSINESS BRAINS’ 1 KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 THE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razok, today invited "business brains" in the country to take part in the work of planning the nation's development. He said: “The time has now come to backstop the National Development
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  • 203 5 I/TALA LUMPUR, July 'A Ift —A promise made by the late Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, to have a replica of the Sarnath Buddha image sent to Malaysia was fulfilled at a ceremony at the Buddhist Temple in Brickfiels here last night. The
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  • 91 5 Kuala lumpur, July 10 —A Filipino tourist official. Mr. Floro Mercene. has stressed the need for closer liaison between boards of tourism in South-east Asia. Closer co-operation was necessary if the tourist industry was to expand appreciably in this region, he said. Mr. Mercene.
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  • 86 5 Kuala lumpur, July 10 Inche Rosedin Yacob was today elected president of the Press Club at its 17th annual meeting here. Mr. Chen Ken S*n and Mr Prank Sullivan were elected vicepresidents. Mr. Tara Singh 3cc- retarv, and Mr. Loli Hong Picw treasurer. The committee
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  • 249 5 PENANG, July 10. THE Deputy Prime Minister, lun Abdul Razak, said here yesterday that the Ministry of Rural Development would organise a get-together of district officers and development officers so that they could discuss the things the people wanted done in the
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  • 50 5 SINGAPORE. July 10 Dr. C. W. Chen of Singapore Cast lias been elected governor of Lions International District 308 Malaysia and Singapore. Other executive officers of the district include Dr. Chong Yew Chong of Kuala Lumpur (deputy gover nor* and Mr M.H. Goh ot Singapore East (secretary-treasurer
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  • 29 5 KUALA LUMPUR- July 10—'The Munster of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Llm Swec Aim. now on a fact-finding tour of Europe. Is expected to return home on Wednesday.
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  • 94 5 PENANG, July 10—Young Malaysians are needed for the Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Army. Applicants for the RMAF will be Interviewed at the Territorial Army Headquarters. Peel Avenue, at 7.45 am. on July 13 and at the Bukit Mertajam High School the following
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  • 100 5 KUALA LUMPUR, July 10. Six RMAF officer are now undergoing a training programme in all phases of flying at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas. The six officers, and Iwo others at Moody Air Force Base In Georgia, are the first Malaysian participants in the
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  • 33 5 KAJANG. July 10—The Friends of Kajang Society are to build an aviary in Kajang Park, off Jalan Club Costing $l,OOO. the dom*shaj)ed aviary will be lift in diameter and 13ft. high.
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  • 409 6 GOVT PICKS 1,000-ACRE SITE IN TRENGGANV KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 A SECOND College of Africulture is to be set up at Kuala Trengganu. The Government has already acquired 1,000 acres of land for the college and its experimental station near the State capital. Tliis
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  • 135 6 SINGAPORE, July 10— Tlie Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. and six other Ministers attended the wedding reception yesterday of Mr. Robin Sim Boon Woo. M.P. for Changi, at the Ocean Park Hotel. The bride, Miss Janet Chan Wai Ching. 27, works in
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  • 49 6 KUALA LUMPUR. July 10—The chairman of BOAC. Sir Giles Guthrie, will arrive here on July 13 for a two-day official visit to Malaysia. During his stay, he will call on the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman and the Minister of Transport. Tan Sri Sardon
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  • 18 6 KAJANG. July 10. —The 6emenyih Youth Club will celebrate it« second anniversary here on Aur 6.
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  • 247 6 UENANG. July 10. 1 Countries in Southeast Asia should make every elTort to break down existing barriers of distrust and come together to achieve greater co-operation and understanding. Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj, the Governor of Penang, said last night. “We should strive
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  • 35 6 AYER TAWAR, July 10.—Ml Chew Blow Chuan who wait elected M.P. for Bruas early last month was given a victory dinner here last night by the Ayer Tawar branch of the MCA.
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  • 134 6 iVI’ALA LUMPUR. July }k\ 10—After eight years in Malaysia, the chairman of Lever Brothers here. Mr. R.I). Chandler, leaves next week for Tokyo to be a director of a new Unilever-Japa-nese joint venture there. His place here will be taken by Mr. M.J. Cullen,
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  • 53 6 KUALA LUMPUR, July 10—The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong will attend the charity film premiere of “Mary Poppins” at the Cathay Cinemas on July 28 at 8 p.m. The premiere is in aid of the St. John Ambulance Brigade (Nursing) and the
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  • 33 6 SINGAPORE. July 10—The Deputy Primt Minister. Dr. Toh Chin Chye has appointed Mr Cyril Wong as deputy chairman of the Singapore Telephone Board for the period July 1 to Dec. 31
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  • 47 6 PENANG, July 10—The l Minister, Tan Sri Wong Povv N will declare open the newly in !1 structed Tua Peh Kong temple Paya Terubong at 4 p.m. on 12. The ceremony will be foil''" by three days’ festivities Chinese wayangs and other tainment
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  • 24 6 MUAR. July 7.— The D Officer here, Inche Mohamet) bln Mohamed Tahir, will b< ti; ferred to the Johore State tariat tomorrow.
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  • 169 7 1(1' ALA LUMPUR, V July li. —Tengku Abdul Rahman will announce the surrender terms for members of Sarawak's Clandestine Communist Organisation on July 22. The Prime Minister was originally expected to make the announcement today. No reason was given for the postponement.
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  • 100 7 OEREMBAN, July 11 Y The Seremban Rotary f’lub proposes launching Hs biggest ever serve-the-Public campaigns this year, the club's newlyelected president, Mr. Robert Lim Kiang Siew, said today. Mr. Lim was installed president at the club's annual dinner at the Town Hall on July
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  • 63 7 JHE Yang di-Pertuan Agong talking to Tun Lim Yew Hock, the former Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia, at the Istana Negara in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Accompanied by his wife, Tun Lim also met the Raja Permaisuri Agong. They arrived in the Federal Capital or. July 8
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  • 287 7 LUMUT, July 11. rREE immunisation of children on Pangkor Island against poliomyelitis is being given top priority in the list of projects to be launched by the Rotary Club of Sitiawan this year. According to Dr. V. V. V. Menon, who was
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  • 237 7 KUALA LUMPUR, July 11. ■FEDERAL Government aid for development in Sarawak is “very generous,” Inche Abdul Taib bin Mahmud, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the new State Government, said here today. “In any case it is not a question of
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  • 27 7 KANGAR, July It—The Minister of Agriculture and Co-opera-tives, Haji Ghazali Jawi, will open the annual meeting of the Perils Farmers’ Association here on July 24.
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  • 109 7 KUALA LUMP! It, July —Unsuccessful applicants for United Asbestos Cement Ltd. shares last week were today advised to present their returned bankers’ drafts to their banks for a refund of their money. These drafts should not be destroyed, a spokesman of Malaysian Industrial Development
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  • 21 7 KULIM. July 11—The Sultan of Kedah will speak at the Sultan Badlisha School's speech day on July 20.
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  • 354 8 KUALA LUMPUR. July 11. COMMERCIAL secretariat wiil be set up before the end of the year by the Associated Malay Chambers of Commerce with aid from the Government and the business community to help bumiputra enter commerce and industry. The president of the AMCC.
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  • 36 8 PONTIAN, July 11—Two girls here who intend to train as nurses have secured places in London hospitals. Miss Anne Zachariah will go to St. Charles Hospital and Miss Shirley Lim to St. Alban's.
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  • 148 8 I/UALA LUMPUR, July 11.—The Liberal Arts Society will present Takao Okamura, acclaimed as Japan’s best basso cantante, at a concert at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka on July 17. Mr. Okamura, 35, studied journalism at Waseda University. His musical talent was discovered
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  • 498 8 FOR THE NATION’S PROGRESS...’ K. LUMPUR. July 11 r PHE entire business community today unanimously supported the call by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, for the formation of a “business brains trust” to assist the Government in the planning of the
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  • 93 8 SEREMBAN, July 11.— The Mentri Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Dato (Dr. > Mohammad Said, will open the $750,000 United Malayan Banking Corpora .ion building in Lemon Street, on July 15. The bank will occupy the ground floor and the basement while the other storeys wijl
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  • 50 8 KUALA LUMPUR, July 11—A new post oltlce will be opened at Johol in Negri Sembilan on July 22. The present post offices at Sungei Buloh. Selangor. Magjid Tanah. Malacca, and Kema/nan, Trengganu, will be replaced by new ones on July 19- 21 and 2fl respectively.
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  • 191 8 Kuala lumpur. July 11.— The Rfiilwaymen’s Union of Malaya today repeated its demand for a public inquiry into the railways and its loss of revenue. The general secretary of the union, Mr. S. Fackirisamy, who has just returned from Rome
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  • 123 8 Kuala lumpur, July 11.—Tlie Minister of Transport,* Tan Sri Sardon, will leave for the Borneo States on July 16 for a threeday visit. He will visit Labuan where he will open the Marine Department's new slipway. He will also have discussions with civil aviation
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  • 55 8 KUALA LUMPUR. July 11—A* exhibition of the pointings of M John Lee Joo-for will be opened at the AIA building on July 18 by the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Joharl. It will be open to the public f r<>ni then until July 23 between
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  • 187 9 VirGAPOHE, July 12. —Three of Europe’s biggest car manufacturers are to set up assembly plants in Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, disclosed here last night. They are Peugeot and Renault of France, and Fiat of
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  • 57 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues —The di-Pertuan Agong has sent a congratulatory message to President Obote of Uganda on the occasion of the country’s National Day. The Prime Minister. Tengku £bdul Rahman, on behalf of the Government and the people of Malaysia, also sent a similar message to
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  • 285 9 BATU GAJAH, July 11. THE State Government is planning to have worked out mining land cultivated with tapioca and other crops in an effort to help land-hungry farmers in the Kinta district. The Mentri Besar Dato Ahm:.d bin Said, today
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  • 92 9 KANGAR July 11.—A 'evolution urging the Ministry of Culture. Youth and Sports to set up a new “national solidarity*' department was approved by the Santan Umno branch at its annual meeting during the weekend. “It is necessary for all tht various races to get together and
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  • 176 9 pENANG, July 11. The Minister of Labour Mr. V. Manickavasagam, today warned shopkeepers not to violate their closing hour agreement by leaving open a gap in the doorway through which customers could still enter their shops after 8.30 at night. Measures will
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  • 100 9 IPOH, July 11. The teaching of the Thai language in Malaysian schools and Malay in Thai schools could be made an ASA project to foster belter understanding and friendship between the two countries. This suggestion came from a Thai Under-Sec-retary of State, Mr. Abhai
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  • 306 9 KUALA LUMPUR, July 12. 'J'HE 19-vear-old Malayan Planting Industries Employers Association (MPIEA) is to make way for a new association which will represent a wide range of agricultural inter- ests in the country. A series of discussions have been held between re- j
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  • 51 9 PENANG. Tues. The former president of Penang Umno, Tan Sri C.M. Hashim, will leave for a four-month tour of Europe and Britain on July 24 by the ItJMan liner Galileo Galilei. He will be accompanied by his wife and their son and daughter-in-law, Inche and Puan Azmi
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  • 218 9 Kuala lumpur. July 12 —The Minster of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, today announced the issue of a new cash loan of $55 million to finance expenditure in the public sector of the First Malaysia Plan. He appealed to companies and individuals to
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  • 66 9 MALACCA, July 11.—The National Youth Pioneer Corps today picked the second batch of 25 youths for training. About 50 had applied. Another 25 each will be chosen from Pahang. Penang and Kelantan for training at the Dusun Tun training centre, near Kuala Lumpur, from Aug.
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  • 446 10 QEREMBAN, JuJy 12. —Thousands of people today gave the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong a rousing royal welcome when they arrived here to begin their three-day State visitHeavy rain, which fell since early morning, stopped minutes before the royal visitors
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  • 62 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 17-Two Malaysian et auntie lans have been awarded Indian Colombo Plan fellowships to undergo a 10-month course In statistics at the International Statistics Education Centre in Calcutta. They are Mr. Ling Sing Tiong statistical officer in the Kuching Department of Statistics, and
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  • 97 10 KUALA LUMPUR. July 12 About 1.400 underprivileged and handicapped people, mostly children, will be treated to a special screening of the film “Mary Poppins” at the Cathay Cinema on July 2k at 10 a m. The show, sponsored by the Cathay Organisation and Walt
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  • 137 10 Now that Bhutto’s out —by Tengku pENAXG, Sun. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here today that there was a “belter chance” lor Malaysia to resume diplomatic relations with Pakistan following the exit of Mr. Z. A. Bhutto from the Pakistani Cabinet. “He was out to destroy us by
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  • 51 10 TAIPING. July 17—North Perak pistol and revolver holders are invited to participate in a shooting competition organised bv the Taipmg police at the Rifle Range here on Aug. 7. Entries should be sent to Deputy Sup. Mohamed Noor bin Ahmad. O S P C., Taiping before July
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  • 329 10 KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 rpHE long-established common immigration A system between Malaysia and Singapore ends on July 15 and with it goes the use of a common visa for the two territories. This means non-Commonwealth aliens visiting the two countries must have separate visas. Holders
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  • 241 10 (((JALA LUMPUR. July It— The Deputy Prime Min ister, Tun Abdul Kazak, today reminded D\sU\cv Officers that they must implement the national development programme according to the policy of the Central Government and not to bow to pressure from any group. Tun Razak,
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  • 68 10 SINGAPORE, July 12—Official first day covers for use in connection with the commemorative National Day postage stamps to be issued on Aug. 9, will be on sale at all post offices in Singapore tomorrow, the Director oJ Posts, announced today. Only a limited number of
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  • 197 11 IPOH, Julv 17. CHINESE community leaders here heard the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Kazak, reiterate his pledge of ‘*a fair deal for all,” last night. Speaking at a community dinner given by the Perak Chinese Association and the Chinese Chamber of
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  • 52 11 July 17—“ Hiroshima, hv \k^ ni 2 ur a film sponsored i., fenang Library and the Alliance Francaise will ened at the City Council numbers tomorrow at 7.30 p.m mTn!iL pasfies toT Pp nang library i thl r a >e obtalnoble at the p ar r in
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  • 101 11 SINGAPORE. July 17 Singapore artist. Tan Ping Chiang. is holding a five-day exhibition of his works at the National Library gallery f r o m Wednesday. The exhibition will be opened by Mr. T. P. S. Scott, local representative of the British Council.
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  • 97 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July—About 40 students from secondary schools in Malaysia, including Sabah and Sarawak, will participate in a ‘Leaders of Tomorrow” speaking contest to be held at the Tengku Abdul Rahman Hall here on July 30. The winner will be sent on a three-week South-East
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  • 32 11 PENANG, July 17—Penan* will celebrate International Co-operative Day next Saturday at the Westlands Primary School. Highlight of this year’s celebrations will be the Co-operative Queen contest and cooking competitions
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  • 33 11 SINGAPORE. July 17—Mr. Alex Josey, correspondent of the New Statesman, will speak on “Troubles in South-East Asia." at a luncheon meeting of the Lions Club at Prince's Restaurant on Wednesday.
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  • 241 11 LUMPUR. July 1>— A freak storm, with a 46 mph strong wind, destroyed or damaged 60,000 rubber trees at Bukit Rajah Estate near Klang, it was disclosed today. The storm in April also destroyed about *\000 rubber trees at Seafield Estates, 15 miles
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  • 176 11 If UALA LUMPUR, July 12 The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, today spoke of the importance of photography in modern education. Speaking at the opening of a three-day exhibition on creative photography by Ernst Haas, an internationally known photographer, entitled
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  • 156 11 OINGAPORE, July 17. —The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has said that Singapore must make use of the next five to 10 years to organise and use its human resources to increase its economic development. He told Nanyang University students that the skills of
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  • 45 11 RAWANG. July 12—Mr. 14. K Thamboe was re-elected president of the Rawang branch of the MIC at Its annual meeting on July 10. Others elected were: Vice-president. Mr. G. Thuraikannu; secretary, Mr. S. Anthonysamy; assistant secretary. Mr. P. Maniam; treasurer. Mr. P. Panchanathan.
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  • 33 11 SINGAPORE, July 12—The Minister of State for Education, inche Rahim Ishalc. will switch on the new street lighting at Karapong Goh Choo and Kampong Haifiah at 7.30 pm. on July 16.
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  • 24 11 SINGAPORE, July 12 Kwok (Singapore) Ltd., of Carpenter Street has donated $2,000 to the scholarship fund of the Malay Youth Literary Association.
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  • 205 11 KUALA LUMPUR, July 17. THE Government is now examining applications A from a “few Malaysian firms” on the establishment of a munitions plant in the country, the Secretary for Defence, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir bin Shamsuddin, said today. Military chiefs are now studying the proposals
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  • 150 11 UENANG, July 17—Tengku 1 Abdul Rahman today again deplored the Influence of fanatical religious leaders in Kelantan. Saying that he was “unhappy” over the state of affairs prevailing there, he added: “Thesereligious leaders are exploiting the people. “Whatever they say the
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  • 465 12  -  SAYS SIEW SIN K. LUMPUR. July 12 THE Babas of Malacca were today described by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, as the “first Malysians of Malaysia.” Speaking at the opening of the Tan ancestral temple at Tanjong Sepal, near here,
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  • 263 12 1/ U ALA LUMPUR. July 12. Swollen by a 10-hour downpour, which started at 3 o’clock this morning, the waters of the Gombak and Klang Rivers burst their hanks and caused floods in various low lying areas in town. People living along the Gombak
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  • 96 12 KUALA LUMPUR, July 11—The Petaling Jaya branch of the Democratic Action Party will hold Its first meet-the people session on July 14 between 7.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. for residents of Petaling Jaya. Subsequent sessions will also be held on Thursday nights at No. 26, Hoad 52
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  • 23 12 PENANG, July 11 The Minister of Education Inche Mohair.ed KMir Johari. will open the new $6ll 000 Malay secondary school
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  • 322 12 KUALA LUMPUR, July 12. |>RITISH businessmen realised that unless Bri- tain took a greater part in joint ventures in Malaysia she would lose her market here, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Urn Swee Aun, said on his return from
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  • 59 12 PARIT BUNTAJ*. July 12. —A padi planter's daughter, Nordiah binte Ahmad, 4, was found dead last night In an irrigation canal opposite her home, fire miles from here. The body was discovered by the family and neighbours after a three-hour search. A heavy storm on
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  • 40 12 KUALA LUMPUR. July 12—The Juilliard String Quartet will meet local musicians for an interchange of ideas at a workshop session tomorrow. The workshop will be held at K p.m in the Lincoln Cultural Centre Loke Yew Building
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  • 32 12 SINGAPORE. July 11 Mrs. Cyril Wong not Mr. Wong, as reported earlier has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Telephone Board for the period July 1 to Dec. 31.
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  • 60 12 PENANG. July 12 —The N-itH Province Wellesley CJmno K.ium Ibu division will distribute cake' and other delicacies to patients of the Butterworth General Hosn" 1 on July 17 to commemorate Prophet Mohameds birthday. Che Nah binte Arshad. man of the Kaum Ibu divist 1 1
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  • 29 12 KUALA LUMPUR. July M Mr. L. Pattiradjawane* Ant presentative In Bangkok called on Tengku Abdul H and his deputy. Tun Abdu zak He later flew to Kuch
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  • 166 13 SINGAPORE. July 13. Singapore's population will reach four million by 1990, according to the Planfling Department. Jo cope with this growth, a traffic planning unit has been established one of its duties is to prepare an island-wide transportation plan. Such a plan might
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  • 46 13 kuantan, July 13 The w<nui Besar of Pahang, Dato •'iya bin Haji Mohamecl Sch. u °P e n a national language r?* exhibition at the Town Hall np re tomorrow. I be director of Dewan Bahasa Pustaka, syed Nasir bin mail, win present.
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  • 23 13 SlNoaporb, July 13 Copper yesterday snipped off 2,700 r of telephone wire along the rack at the 13th mile Woodlands Road.
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  • 371 13 K. LUMPUR. July 13 AMY inconvenience caused to the estimated 43,000 Singapore and Malayan identity card holders who cross the Causeway daily due to the operation of new immigration controls from July 15 would be of the “most superficial kind.** This was stressed
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  • 261 13  -  By PREM KUMAR KUALA LUMPUR, July 13.—The AfroAsian bloc is only a voting bloc and not a force to be reckoned with militarily or economically. This is the opinion of a Turkish M.P., Dr. Maummer Baykan, who left today for Ankara after a two-day
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  • 85 13 SINGAPORE. July 13.—A keel laying ceremony for the construction of eight barges costing $2 million will be held at Jurong shipyard tomorrow Representatives of the shipyard and the Pakistan Government, for whom the barges are being constructed, will be present at the ceremony. The contract
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  • 25 13 PARIT BUN’TAR. July 13 A new Islamic religious school will be built this year in Simpnng Tiga. Kuala kurau, six iiiles from here.
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  • 398 13 KUALA LUMPUR. July 13. IT would be a “good thing’’ for Malaysia to set up a consulate in Taipeh to look after the large number of Malaysians visiting Formosa on business and pleasure annually, Tengku Abdul Abdul Rahman said today. Although no
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  • 78 13 l/UALA LUMPl’R, July 13.—A non-commision-ed officer on the American destroyer Dyess will fly home from here tomorrow on emergency leave. He received a telegram yesterday telling him that his parents had died by drowning in the US. Fredrick Schroeder received the cable while the destroyer
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  • 215 14 Tun Lim: Don’t be personal’ David is told L U A L A LUMPUR, July 13. A Labour Party member was told in the Selangor Legislative Assembly today not to be personal when he raised the question of Tun Lim Yew Hock’s absence from Canberra last month. Mr. V. David
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  • 94 14 IKSSELTON, July 13.— The Prime Minister. Tcngku Abdul Rahman, has given the green light for the introduction of television in Jesselton and Sandakan. This was disclosed today by Sabah’s Chief Minister, Mr. Peter Lo, who had discussed the matter with the Tcngku before going
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  • 38 14 IPOH, July 13—A Chine.se film liVrh.. M fP Joanna Cheung *‘ll arrive here bv plane tomorrow to give ft o ne-week P* isona! appearance at the Rubv Theatre here in conjunction with het film Prosperity Ahead.”
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  • 299 14  -  By MARGARET WEE July 13.—-Tlie I v Raja Permaisuri Agong today won the hearts of over JM c hildren at the Tengku Kursliiah College and the Children’s Welfare Home here with her sunny smile and friendly manner. The Queen, in a liiue printed haju
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  • 121 14 SINGAPORE, July 13 yHE University of Singapore should be an autonomous institution whose autonomy should be guaranteed by the Government. This is one of the points in a resolution passed unanimously by the 19th students’ council of the University of Singapore Students' Union at a recent
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  • 283 14 SINGAPORE, July 13 BIGGER RUNWAY FOR 1,200 M.P.H. PLANE THE chairman of BO AC, Sir Giles Guthrie, today said the 130-seater Concord supersonic aircraft should come to Singapore in the 1970's. Sir Giles, on a business visit to Singapore, said he expected the
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  • 93 14 MALACCA July 13—The Malacca School of Ballet will present a Festival of Ballet at the Pay Fong Middle School here on the night of July 16 under the patronage of the Governor. Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf. Takings from the performance will go to
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  • 25 14 SINGAPORE, July 13—Members of the Indian Chamber of Commerce have donated $3-200 to the Civilian Victims of the Japanese Occupation Memorial Building Fund
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  • 238 14  -  Oy GABRIEL LEE SINGAPORE. Jul i* Residents of tii.* sprawling Malay ka;upong of Kebun Übi reported ghostly happenings in their homes tor the past week, and i pawang last night pronounced: "There are evil spirits at work The pawang. Haji \p. hammed Yusof, 40, then ~>•
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  • 55 14 KUALA LUMPUR. July 13— The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has .sent a congratulatory message to Pi' sident de Gaulle on the occnsiw of France’s National Day ,v morrow. The Prime Minister. Tmgfcii Abdul Rahman, has sent a Siin r message to the French M n.v’ of Foreign Affairs.
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  • 38 14 SINGAPORE, July 13—Switzeiland’s national airline. is expected to start a M Singapore soon. An air agreement sign* July 9 between the Sine'i’ and Swiss Government pr ,ul traffic rights for Swi-V n. operate here.
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  • 140 15 SINGAPORE, July 13, ine Singapore Government is now considering applications from seven international m o t o r manufacturers for the setting up of car assembly plants. Ihe applications were received after the Finance Minister, Mr. Lim Kim San. ln
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  • 90 15 SHARIDA PAINTS ON UNDER CRITICAL EYE OF THE ROYAL VISITOR THE Vans di-Pertuan Agong watches Sharida binte Glvizali. 14. painting at the Tengku Kurshiah College on I he second day of his official visit to Negri Sembilan The King, accompanied by the Raja Permaisuri Agong. toured
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  • 150 15 pORT SWETTENHAM. r July 13 —HMS Hampshire, the second guided missile destroyer ol the Royal Navy, docked alongside the wharf here today lowered the gangway and welcomed visitors aboard. The destroyer, the first GMD to join the East of Suez programme, is here
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  • 162 15 l/UCHING, July 13. Sarawak’s total trade for the first five months of this year increased by $31.3 million or nine per cent over that in the same period last year. According to figures released here by the Department of Statistics, Sarawak, trade from
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  • 65 15 PENANG. July 13—The president of the State Islamic Council, Haji Ahmad Malik, will open the State "berzanji” (religious book reading) competition at the Kapitan Kling mosque. Pitt Street, at 4 30 pm. on July 23. Ten competitors—five men and five women—from five districts will take part.
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  • 45 15 HANGAR July 13.—A survey of employment opportunities for handicapped people has been started in Perils Circulars have been set to all heads of departments, commercial houses and co-operative societies asking tor their help in advising the State Welfare authorities of vacancies
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  • 47 15 KUALA KANGSAR, July 14 The District Officer, Kuala Kangsar, Inche Ya’akub bin Abdul Hamid, has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur as the acting Deputy Commissioner of Registration, Malaysia. He has been succeeded here by Inche Ahmad Daud bin Dahlan, District Officer from Tapah.
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  • 51 15 KUALA LUMPUR. July 13 —The Arts Council of Malaysia will hold an exhibition in October for artists who are 18 years or under. Entries which close on Aug. 20 should be sent to the Arts Council, PO. Box 630, Kuala Lumpur, from whom entry forms may be
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  • 122 15 I/UALA LUMPUR, July 13.—The chief of the Indonesian contact team in Kuala Lumpur, Col. L. B. Moerdani, of the Indonesian St r a tegic Army Command, is confident that the Bangkok peace proposals would be ratified by his Government “very soon.” He said
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  • 25 15 PENANG, July 13 The 8outh Indian Labour Fund Board today presented a $500 cheque to the St. Nicholas School tor the Blind.
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  • 186 16 C 1 liE Ann binte Abdul Majid «above* will be Malaysia’s sole representative at a U.N. seminal on rehabilitation services in developing countries in Denmark next week. Malaysia s decision to take part in the seminar was announced in Kunla Lumpur by the Prime
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  • 34 16 SINGAPORE. July 14—President. Yusof bin Ifihak and Puan Noor Aishah will attend the opening night of the Stage Clubs production of “Goodnight Mrs. Puffin"’ at the Cultural Centre on July 27.
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  • 25 16 KUANTAN, July 17 The Kuantan Hindu Youth Organisation will hold its annual meeting at the Hindu Temple at Bukit Übi on July 28
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  • 21 16 KUANTAN. July 17 The Sultan of Pahang will open |x)lycltnlc at Bentong. 126 miles from here, on July 30
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  • 380 16 ‘Even if I die, says Tengku KOTA BHARU, July 14 fpHE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today that the Alliance Government’s policy towards non-Malays would continue even after his death. The Tengku, who was speaking at a rally at Padang Gadong National School here to
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  • 137 16 K. LUMPUR. July 14 INDONESIAN students are K expected to attend a congress on the progress of Islam in Malaysia to be held In the Dewan Tengku Chancellor on Aug. 6. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open the congress, organised by the National
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  • 93 16 JESSELTON. July 14—Ad Indonesian journalist, the first to be allowed into Malaysia since confrontation, said here today that tie was impressed with what he had seen in Malaya especially in the field of development. Mr. L. Pattiradjawane, an Antara news agency correspondent in Bang-
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  • 94 16 KANOAR. July 14 Thr Government would not discriminate between the rich and the poor in its education policy, the Raja of Perils said yesterday when he addressed the Jawi Lower Secondary School annual parents day. I'rging parents to encourage their children to go
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  • 293 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Julv 14 JHE Ministry of Defence is to recruit 122 young men for officer cadet training at the Federation Military College beginning early next year. Eighty-five of them will be for the Army. 30 for the Air Force and seven for the Navy.
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  • 27 16 PENANG. July 14.— The O' Minister, Tan Sri Wong Po«’ will open the Balu Kavran »> oil mill at Batu Kawan Province Wellesley, on Aug 5
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  • 243 17 Causeway clamp ‘not aimed at causing hardship KOTA BAHRU, July 14. THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said here today that introduction of the new immigration regulations was not aimed at causing any hardship to the people. “It Is natural for all independent countries to want to guard its frontiers,”
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  • 90 17 SINGAPORE. July 14 —A new literary body called the Persatuan Penulis < Singapore Writers Association) has been set up to bring together writers of all races using the national language as their medium of expression. Its secretary-general. Inche feulaiman Jeem> the flrst of the
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  • 164 17 LUMPUR. July 14.—President Johnson in his speech to a group of collece officials on July 19, not only quoted Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, but also the Malaysian Minister for Home Affairs, Tun Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman. A Washington report last night said the
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  • 42 17 KUALA LUMPUR. July 14 Prof. Robert O Tilman of Yale University will give a talk on "Bureaucratic Change in Malaysia" at the Lecture Theatre B of the Faculty of Arts. University of Malaya here at 8 p.m. on July 25
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  • 226 17 SINGAPORE, July 14. British Defence Secretary, Mr. Denis Healey, spent a day today with the Far East Fleet for a firsthand study of its role in the region. Mr. Healey, who flew back from Hong Kong last night for the closing stages of
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  • 59 17 SINGAPORE. July 14. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. is expected to open the newly-com-pleted Television Singapura Studio Centre on Aug. 26 The Centre, which has four studios, has been installed with the latest equipment for news and programme production. Television services on both
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  • 60 17 BRUNEI, July 14.—Singaporeans living in Brunei have formed a non-politi-cal, multi-racial welfare organisation called the Singapore Association. The association is open to Singaporeans in Brunei. NonSingaporeans may join as associate members. The aims of the new body include promoting friendship, goodwill and multi-racial harmony, providing for
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  • 357 17  -  By 808 NG KUALA LUMPUR, July 14. r |'HE participation of business brains in the development of the country is “absolutely necessary" if the progress of Malaysia is to keep pace with its growing needs. This view was expressed by the departing
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  • 82 17 IPOH, July 14. An RMAF recruiting team will call at Territorial Army centres in Taiplng and Ipoh tomorrow and July 13 to recruit young men Into its various branches. The recruits are for the sir frame, air engine, air wireless, air instrument*. motor transport. driving,
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  • 66 17 KUALA LUMPUR. July 14 The Malaysian Council for Interfaith Co-operation will hold it* monthly meeting at the residence of its vice-president. Dato Haji S. A. M. Ally Maricar, in Circular Road here at 7.30 p m. on July 20 The guest speaker for the evening will be the
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2426 18 Prom Our Market Correspondent f |'HK Stork Kxchangt* followed a quiet course last week enlivened only by initial dealings in I'nited .Asbestos Cement and not yet affected by the rise in C.K. Hank Hate, but pondering possible long term effects. United Asbestos received its first
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    • 37 18 Kl HBFK TIN i |h*i Ih. i i per picul Julv it ti 3 ct*. lfi3i».'*s It 64 rtn ItttUOO Ift. 65 cts S«3!(Ml 14. 65 cU *6.55.75 15 6t\ rts 4654.7 5 U Sttt.VWj
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    • 25 18 July l.*t KCRRKK PKI(i: bli <*ents (down a quarter of a cent >. TIN !M>:«.75 (unchanged Rstiniated unofHclal offering JO.t tons (up 15 tonsi.
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    • 97 18 HE Association of Banks in Malay sia m«de these changes In U» 1 i• to mercti tnt.■* on Satuiday id' 1 1 1 ty SHHI, United ttatos: Imylng TT .32 '< iinii i)|) 321 90 '1 st. 334 credit tillia, M 3 3 s finite bllte. Canada: biiyin*
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    • 24 18 < U'tenl n.stc total for total Inr p.ivtnent pasaiilc the seat ui e vituis s rar Ales Bn, ka l**f»^ r Xug >U
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    • 54 18 r riu: pirsent rate of the Malayan 1 dollar against the pound sterling fixed on November (4 lfU>4 i<* selling T.T. or O.l). S«. H 15 l«d. Buying T.T. Is. 4 I, lt>d. Buying O.l>. is. 4'*dThe dollar in at its statutory middle position in relation to its
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    • 40 18 ON Ihe free exchange marktt In Hong Kong cot Saturday the I S. doliar wys ij.io'vd at, ft.'CJl rot T.T. and 3 SI Tor cash. Sterling was »*tioted at 1 c <>*J ,uid tael of go'd at '..'fiii|
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    • 53 18 (Managin' Prieto Kirs* Malayan 2.25 V* xd Met ond Malayan 1.59 l x«1 Third Malayan I id 1.27 Malaysia Commarre .02 1.0.1 Mai. Saxmg Fund lUS I Irt r irat Hong Kong.,. I.UI l ufi* Second Hong Kong -70 .7** Sterling t’ornmodltv I 5 5•• t Hong Kong
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    • 47 18 I til v 1 1 I ulv I! .1 ills IS Inly U Iul> i Industrial*: 101. KT 101. T*» lOl.H# 10*. I.i lOl.'H tin*: 133.2; I!2.H« I 122.79 jt rubber at 111.21 111.11 111.31 hi"' 1 Dec. 30. 1**03=100. Dei> 29, 1902» 100.
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    • 351 18 IDLE and uncertain tlon.s continued dm.,' f the weeks trading much nt this was attrlbutablt to n,g known precarious position J an upcountry dealer, who wa* subsequently by ihe Rubber Association „j Singapore, state H B a l.td. in their current KuM,, r Market Survey.
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    • 88 18 'I'MB Ataaoiatian of Banka m MU»» an mad«t t he.sa .-haugee :o |i» io m»'chiati yealeidav 'all rate I0o>; Unitad Stataa- b-iVn* IT 32 M < airmail Ut) ;tg 13 i« 9'» <1 *t- Jtt ■’> otedif bill* IW 7 IH fiada bjtla. Oanatfa rn.xing II -t aomiU
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    • 80 18 /'MINKS! Produr* i*0han*0, port noon pnc«» P» r P ,#u COeonut oil: bulk $454 $47 sellers. Copra: July Auk I’K Continent. 1 Popp r: Muntok whit** $1024 Saiawak white $100 oollers, sp 4 Sarawak black $I4.’4 sellers, K* l.sirtponk black $145 (N» sellers 1 tNLWi, ASI A $160
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    • 30 18 PENANG. July 17—The V Uni no merdeka anniversary committee will invite the 1 1 Prime Minister. Tun Abdul H to declare open its fun l Sept. 2
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  • 291 19 K. LUMPUR, July 15 f* *r > m jj e Minister of 1 'i, tisport, Tan Sri Sardon bln Haji j u b I r. today announced nat a coinmi ‘d been set U p i. ,iudy the proM' racing the Mai* :ijan Kailway
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  • 198 19 KUALA LUMPUR, July 14. i< 1 i ve or nine writers Involved in a dispute over payments for their short stories included in Mekr>; dan Segar, a literary anthology published tile Oxford University Press, will donate the xoney paid to them under terms of
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  • 79 19 OINGAPORE, July 14. O A Singapore shipyard is to build seven topspeed patrol boats worth $1.5 million tor the Royal Ceylon Navy. This was announced today by Mr. J. A. Wilde, managing director of Thornycroft (Malaysia) Ltd. which has just been awarded the new contract.
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  • 54 19 °H, July 14 A dance to c prate the fourth anniversary j.he Municipal Council will be at the St. John Ambulance elation hall on July 16. ’flight of the evening will be selection of a Municipal Anrsary Queen, who will Ret s worth 1450 in jewellery
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  • 38 19 JHORE BAHRU. July 15—Mr. Sivam will be lns‘aller as ‘‘new president of the Lions D a t the Diamond Jubilee Hall porrow night. Among the guests 1 oe the Tengku Mahkota oi ore> Tengku Abdul Rahman
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  • 45 19 TAIPINQ, July 15—A resolution calling on the Ministry of Defence to stop employing casual contract labour for unskilled work, will be tabled for discussion at the annual meeting of the Federation Armed Forces Civiian Staff Union. Perak branch, here tomorrow.
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  • 25 19 KUALA LIP IS, July 14 The Paha g Family Planning Association will hold free consultation at the health clinic here on July 20.
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  • 195 19 Kuala lumpur, July 15. —More than 2,000 posters have been plastered at various places in the capital in the past week drawing the attention of teachers to a rallv tomorrow to ask for Government medical and housing facilities for teachers The
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  • 270 19 SINGAPORE, July 15. NEW Anglo-Singapore defence treaty will be held off until the Indonesian position is clarified, the British Defence Secretary, Mr. Denis Healey, said today. Developments in the relationship between Malaysia and Indonesia were especially important and until this was cleared up, Britain would
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  • 61 19 KUALA LUMPUR. July 16 Cap.t Ahmad bin Ibrahim, an Instructor at the Federation Military College, will leave here by air on July 18 to attend a fivemonth signals course at the US. Army Signals School in Port Monmouth, New Jersey. He is the first officer from
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  • 143 19 Kuala lumpur, July i&— Commemorative postage stamps are to be Issued to mark the 150th anniversary of the Penang Free School and the First M a 1 a y s 1 a Development Plan The stamps to commemorate the anniversary of the school will be
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  • 68 19 SINGAPORE, July 15— The former leader of the Opposition in the New Zealand Parliament, Mr. A. H. Nordmeyer, and his wife will arrive here on July 19 for a two-day visit. Mr. Nordmeyer will call on the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. and
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  • 27 19 KUALA LUMPUR. July 16—Mr K. Rajaratnam has been reelected president of the Petahng branch of the Malaysian Indian Congress for the sixth consecutive year.
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  • 804 20  -  R» ERNEST FRIDA SINGAPORE, July 17 jyf ANI JEGATHESAN, the Malaysian 100 m and 200 m champion and record-holder, today broke through to the ranks of world quarter-milers when he won the 400 m unchallenged in 46.35ec on the concluding day of the Singapore AAA
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  • 73 20 CUNQEI PATANI, July 16. Perak today clinched a place in the quadrangular l ocked flfial for the Tun Razak Cup in fortnight’s time when they beat Kedah 3-0 to become North Zone champions. Perak belt Penang 5-2 in the opening game yesterday. Harnihail Singh gave Perak the lead
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  • 446 20 rDH, July 17—Police Constable Ghenda Singh and Salasiah binte Ja’af&r, a hospital dispenser, became individual champions in the two-day Perak Amateur Athletic Association central none championships which ended on the Municipal Pa dang here today. Ghenda won the hammer throw to set a
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  • 247 20 Kuala lumpur, July 17. Kilat Club trounced Selangor Police by 10 wickets to score maximum points In their last Stonor Bhield cricket match at Pantai today. They are now almost certain of retaining the Shield for another year. Only Recreio have a chance of
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  • 362 20 MALAYSIAN ARMED FORCES RET A SOUND THRASHING KUALA LUMPUR, July lu. A WORKMANLIKE Selangor team today efficiently routed Malaysian Armed Forces 5—1 in a key Central Zone mated of the Tun R<zak Cup hockey competition at Rifle Range Road here. Selangor meet Pahang, the third team in the
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  • 157 20 IfUALA LUMPUR, July 17. Selangor qualified for the final round of the Malaysian Hockey Federation inter-state competition for the Tun Razak Cup when they beat Pahang 6-0 ai Rifle Range Road todav. This was Selangor’s />; cond win in the centra; zone elimination. They had
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