The Straits Budget, 5 October 1966

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  • 38 1 The Straits Budget THE WEEKLY ISSUE OF THE STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O. U.K. AS A NEWSPAPER I SERIES m. KUALA LUMPUR, 5 OCTOBER, 1966. Price 40 Cents (Malaya or 1 Shilling) KDN 2035
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    • 181 2  -  UNIMPRESSED Singapore TIME FOR A FULL RE-EXAMINATION SOME sort of official participation o\ supervision in the international beauty contests should be considered. From gala events carrying a great deal of prestiga these contests have deteriorated over the years Into pitiful farces. I do not criticise the actual judging
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    • 103 2  -  RESIDENT Singapore V HAVE been staying In Jalan Bukit Ho Swee area for the last two years and have seen hawkers erecting small and big stalls near the blocks of flats and even Inside the flats. But all these hawkerstalls. especially inside the blocks, will not
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    • 119 2  -  CHEE KING TING Publicity Ma»«on Officer Postal Services Department Singapore WITH reference to the letter by ‘‘Citizen" (B.T. Sept. 3) on the subject of auditing of savings bank passbooks. I wish to explain that quite apart from the fact that thj passbook is required for Insertion of
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    • 50 2  -  AMY Singapore QOME of the semi-fina-lists In the Mias Singapore contest would not even stand a chance of being “Miss Ulu”. May I suggest that, in future, competitions of this kind be Judged by open bal'ot by the audience representing a cross section of the people of Singapore.
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    • 54 2  -  G.H.F Singapore Tins decision of the Judges in competitions, is always final and binding. and Insofar as contestants and sponsors are concerned the glory, glamour, and purpose of It all lies in NOT just winning, but. in participating and creating a favourable impression. That applies to a
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    • 25 2  -  MAN Singapore AM sure we have all seen far more beautiful girls in Singapore than pictured in recent ‘beauty* beauty contest as well
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    • 180 2  -  GIRL DRIVER Singapore IS IT the job of a 1 driving tester to insult a learner driver with these remarks? You are very dirty. Why can’t you keep your driving licence clean? I’m sure there are bed-bugs in your licence. A dirty licence shows that
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    • 89 2  -  LK.L. Singapore f N view of the current K Safety First Campaign now being conducted I would draw the attention of the authorities concerned to the hazard caused by the overhanging branches of trees along Dunearn Road (64 M.S/Hock Seng Oardens/Blnjal Park). Motorists making a Uturn from Buklt
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    • 29 2  -  W. 8. TAN Singapore IF P.U.B. meter readers are allowed to discard meter readings and bill absurd amounts, why can’t they be charged for falsification of accounts?
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    • 213 2  -  DISGUSTED Singapore. “IJAFFLED” (8.T. Sept. 23) is not the only one with reason to complain of the Income Tax Department’s cynical disregard for taxpayers’ rights and the normal dictates of courtesy At the Comptroller’s request I sent him an important document for reference more
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    • 170 2  -  C. H WILLIAMS Kuala Lumpur V THANK Tuan Hajl Mohd, Yatim for his reply to my letter on the security control of Malaysian maps. I do not complain of control as such but at the recent extension of restrictions to maps which were freely sold
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    • 106 2  -  C M. LEE Singapore C R Cha’ab V AST April 1 was asked to pay $2.08 for water used by my watchman, a metered charge. Then in May the meter reading was discarded And I was asked to pay $8.08 by estimate (an increase of 400
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    • 208 2  -  T. M. KHAN Supt.. Car Parks Division Singapore P. C i.tfi Singapore I REFER to a letter by 1 Mr. Sim Yeow Slang, regarding the 40 cents hourly charge at the airport Though 1 am Inclined to agree with Mr 81m that motorists do not go to
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 741 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 27 When the Minister of Labour s, i; ys he is reviewing the trade j union structure in Malaysia in order to give it “some rationality and meaning” the inference is that he believes there j. much that is radically i wrong. So there
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    • 363 3 —Straits Times, Sept. 28 Six weeks have gone by since the special committee appointed to review the Unified Teaching Service submitted its recommendations to the Education Minister. Incite Khir Johari has said of the recommendations that they “will possibly require change in policy and involve heavy financial
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    • 203 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 2P Agreement in Singapore yesterday to resume Malaysian Airways services to Jakarta and Medan and Garuda Air- ways services to Singapore marks an important step in thp restoration of links between I countries which confrontation set apart. November 1 has been set as a
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    • 669 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 29 The sure w ay to remain poor in this developing world is to produce mainly primary commodities and import largely manufactured goods. Mr. Tan Siew Sin was a trifle cynical when lie aimed this shaft at an attentive Washington audi- ence, representatives
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    • 145 3 -Straits Times, Sept. 29 The five-year-old Singapore Economic Development Board, mainspring of most of the republic’s industrial progress, continues to act with youthful verve. Now, with the need to find export markets sharing priority with the need to attract still more industries, it is sending its men overseas
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    • 670 3 —Straits Times. Sept. 30 The Manila summit on Vietnam will have no connection with the call for an Asian peace initiative with which Malaysia is associated. It will be a conference of States which are rendering direct military assistance to the Saigon Government in its struggle against
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    • 173 4 —Straits Times. Bept. 30 Singapore pirate taxi operators have a problem. They must decide whether or not the Singapore Minister of State for the Prime Minister’s Office, Haji Ya’acob bin Mohamed, was speaking rhetorically this week when he warned them to seek other employment before the Government took
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    • 742 4 —Straits Times, October 1 If there had been doubts about the purpose of bringing Dr. Subandrio to trial, the decision to put him in the dock exactly at midnight on the anniversary of the coup would have removed them. There has been a 24-hour postponement, but
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    • 338 4 —Straits Times, October 1 I The proposal by the Malaysian Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. i Khaw Kai Boh, to build blocks of low-cost flats where labour lines now stand is to be welcomed for several reasons. First, of course, because action to remove appalling slums
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    • 145 4 —Straits Times, October The Malayan Dental Association would like to hear its members addressed as “doctor,’' a desire with which the Malayan Medical Association can find no fault. This ambition to extend a courtesy title of some weight is commendable. But how far should it go? The problem
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    • 393 4 —Straits Times. October 3 The teachers’ unions have succeeded lately in drawing great deal of attention to their case for salary adjustments and better conditions of service. Much less has been said about the headaches teachers are giving the Government in its effort to make educational opportunities available
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  • 391 5  -  A good thing Dato Ningkan has been removed, says Premier By- V.K. CHIN: Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 25 THE Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said today it was a good thing that Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan had been removed as Chief Minister of Sarawak. He told reporters on
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  • 247 5 SINGAPORE, Sept. 26. SEVERAL members of the 33-man private Singapore trade mission to Jakarta are already having second thoughts about making the trip because of the long wait for visas. A business source said today that it seemed unlikely the visas would
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  • 123 5 SEREMBAN, Sept. 25—Seven members of the Negri Sembilan State Assembly and the State Financial Officer, Inehc Shaari bin Harun, will leave here on Oct. 5 for a three-week study tour of Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Formosa and the Philippines. The leader of the
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  • 39 5 SITIAWAN Sept. 26 The Royal Malaysian Police band will beat Retreat on the town padang here on the evening of Sept. 27 and on the town council padang in Teluk Anson on the evening of Sept. 30.
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  • 391 5  -  From GEOFFREY GCLDARD: Kuching, Sept. 25 gOME diplomatic personnel “seemed to be extraordinarily active” during the Sarawak political crisis, the Chief Minister, Penghulu Tawi Sli, charged today. In a statement, Penghulu Tawi Sli said: “I have been informed that they take sides
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  • 163 5 l/UALA LUMPUR. 25.—Engineering students in the University of Malaya are planning to build a hovercraft. Mr. Cheah Kok Cheong, president of the university’s Engineering Society, said today: “It Is now in the planning stage.’’ The project, the most, ambitious to bg undertaken by
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  • 601 6 LUMPUR, Sept. 25. An appeal to the Government to recall the special committee set up two years ago to consider legislation to control the fragmentation of rubber estates was made here today by Mr. P. P. Narayanan, general secretary of the National Union of
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  • 141 6 Kuala lumpur, sept. 25—The Union of Social Workers today asked the Government to increase the number of special grade posts and to create the job of Assistant State Welfare Officer in each State. The reiolution passed at its annual meeting said there had
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  • 185 6 SINGAPORE, Sept. 25Two Malaysian Airways flight hostesses, Honey Leong and Vivien Khoo, leave for Honolulu and Seattle tomorrow to assist the airline’s offices in the United States in promoting the tourist attractions of Malaysia and Singapore. Their first stop will be at Honolulu, where
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  • 264 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 25. 'J'HE War Department Civilian Staff Association today warned the British Ministry of Public Building and Works that it would not accept “bogus’’ redundancies. Mr. S.J.H. Zaidi president of the association gave this warning at the biennial delegates conference here
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  • 156 6 Sept 25. A Sarawak Alliance candidate won a by-election in the Upper Kampong ward of the Si&u Urban District Council today beating an indcp< ndent candidate \vh( had backed Dan Stephen Ka Ion? Ningkan in the recent political crisis Mr. K. Bandong. o
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  • 216 7 SINGAPORE, Sept. 25. rp(lE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. 1 and the Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, were among about 500 VIPs who attended a dinner to raise funds for the Devan Nail' Research and Training Endowment Fund here
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  • 24 7 Sept. 25 The Malaysian Police band will u 1,1 the padang here on Sept. 41 -Mveen 5.15 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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  • 130 7 SITIAWAN, Sept. 25.— The Sultan of Perak last night urged Malaysians to love their country, the national flag and the national anthem. He was speaking at an all-community dinner at the Nan Hwa School hall in Kampong Koh. near here, presided over by Dr.
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  • 92 7 IPOH Sept. 25 The Perak State Government today presented 300 steel chairs and eight arm!ess cushioned chairs to the St. John Ambulance Association. Perak. The presentation was made by (he Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly, Dato Mohamed All Zaini bin Haji Mohamed
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  • 268 7 KUALA LUMPUR, 1Y Sept. 25.—The Ministry of Labour has given the “green light” to about seven transport workers’ unions in the country to merge as the Federation of Transport Workers Union. The pro-tem general secretary of the new unton. Mr. V. David, said
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  • 41 7 SINGAPORE Sept. 25 Muss Lee Siok Tin, controller of the central production unit of Radio Singapura. wid be guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Singapore’s luncheon meeting on Sept. 28. She will speak on “The Broadcaster in Society."
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  • 313 7 SINGAPORE. Sept. 25 TIMES readers have donated a total In the past week to Madam Khoo Geok Khlm ,d her nine children In Muar. Madam Khoo earns 70 cents i. v a s a tapper after her hus- died of tuberculosis. Hie donations came from: J
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  • 400 7 J. BAHRU, Sept. 25 pUBLIC feeling here is rising against the State Government for its action in evicting illegal squatters without first giving them alternative accommodation. The Government is also criticised for not taking care of the welfare of about 40 families who
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  • 89 7 Kuala lumpur. sept. 26. —The acting Mentri Besar of Selangor, Inche Shoib bin Haji Ahmad, said today that if Malaysia were to lose independence it would take probably thousands of years to regain it. Inehe Shoib said he gave this warning because subversive elements
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  • 73 7 KUAI-A LUMPUR Sept. 25 The Minister of Education. Inche Mohamed Khir Johan, will attend t/ie closing night of the second annual music festival at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustak* on Oct. 9. Among those taking part are the Kheng Lin and Student Weekly Chorus,
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  • 32 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept 25 The Malaysian Indian Congress, Selangor State branch, Is organising a tour to Thailand during the December school holidays The date of departure will be announced later
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  • 340 8 IPOH, Sept. 25.—Me- dical practitioners in Perak were urged last night to take a more active part in social service closely connected with medical care and do something more than just running a busy or lucrative practice. Speaking at the annual
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  • 27 8 SINGAPORE. Sept. 25 n, P iew Belgian Charge de Affaires for Singapore. Mr. Andre Pelliez nas arrived here to take up his appointment. p
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  • 231 8 IPOH, Sept. 25.—The Perak St. John Ambulance Association and brigade, which have extended their services to the rurai areas in spite of financial difficulties, were today praised by the Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said. The Mentri Besar, who is also
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  • 61 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 25—A fourman delegation from the British branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is due in Singapore tomorrow for o four-day visit. The delegates, all Members of Parliament, are Sir John Lang-ford-Holt, Mr. Maurice Ovbach, Mr. Albert James Murray and M W. R.
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  • 60 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 25 Mr. Liew Mook Yoong and Mr. N. T. R. Singani were today unanimously re-elected president and secretary respectively of the National Union of Journalists. Malaya, at its annual meeting today. Other officials are: vice-presi-dent, Inche Daharl All; assistant secretary, Mr. Bob Ng; and
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  • 370 8 ‘NON-COMMUNAL AND NON-COMMUNIST’ I/UALA LUMPUR Sept. 25.—The Democratic Action Party today renewed its call to all non-communal and n o n-Communist opposition parties to come together to form a united opposition. In an address at th Inaugural meeting of t 1m PetaUng Jaya
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  • 199 8 Sultan’ s brother returns with a bride i LOR STAR, Sept. 25. —A Kedah prince, Ten g k u Sallehudin. younger brother of the Sultan, returned here this week with his pretty 20-year-old bride, Tengku Maleha binte Tengku Ariff, a Kelantan princess, vhom he married reently. Tengku Sallehudin had aeen
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  • 72 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 25 An oil company executive, Mr. A. P. Chin, training co-ordinator of Mobil Oil Malaya Ltd., has been best-owed the Civil Order of the Knight of St. Gregory the Great by the Pope for his record of good work in both church and
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  • 228 8 SINGAPORE, Sept. 25. to —Talented 11-year-old music student Seow Yit Kin, who scored distinctions in Grade 8 for both piano anc violin in the Royal School of Music examinations this year, has also won a distinction in Grade 'i general musicianship. Seow has
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  • 32 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM Sept. The new $40,000 Boy Scouheadquarters In Jalan Besai has been completed. The Rural v velopment Authority contribu $25,000 while the balance was aonated by the public
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  • 293 9  -  By ABUL FAZIL: Singapore, Sept. 26 gINGAPORE and Indonesia have signed an K air agreement for simultaneous resumption of Garuda Airways flights to Singapore and the operation of Malaysian Airways services to Jakarta. ‘‘Agreed minutes” on the air traffic resumption were signed at the
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  • 178 9 lOHORE BAHRU, J Sept. 26—The Johore State Education Department is investigating the plight of 60 Form One pupils of Orlsek Secondary School who left school after they were not paid their transport allowance.' The pupils, who live in Bukit Serampang Settlement near
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  • 232 9  -  By JOE MIRANDA Kuala lumpur, sept. r? —All Commonwealth troops will be out of East Malaysia by early next year. Inquiries by the Straits Times today disclosed that about half the British combat troops in Sabah and Sarawak have already been withdrawn.
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  • 70 9 KUALA LUMPUR Sept. 27 The Ministry of Wor its. Posts and Telecommunications today announced the introduction of air parcel delivery services to 13 countries, including South Africa, with effect from Oct. 1. The countries to be included in the service are: Cambodia, the Republic of
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  • 159 9 K. LUMPUR, Sept. 26 Malaysia is one of the 17 nations taking part in a trade seminar now being held in Bangkok under the auspices of Ecafe. The 12-day seminar, which began on Sept. 19 U aimed at impressing on participating nations the need for
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  • 243 9 IPOH, Sept. 35. NATIONAL Alliance youth section is to be set up in the next few weeks by Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, national Umno youth leader, who is the Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Inche Senu revealed this to the Straits
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  • 91 9 MALACCA, Sept. 25—Malacca’s acting Chief Minister, Dato Tan Cheng Swee, today said that Malaysia was forging ahead vigorously in the promotion of tourism. He said this when he opened the new office of the Orient Travel Service in Jalan Munshi Abdullah here. He
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  • 174 9 KUALA LUMP UK. Sept. 26—A 1,666ton Indonesian ship will arrive early next month to pick np about 626 Indonesian prisoners held in detention camps here. The ship, according to Col. L. B Moedarni, the chief of the Indonesian liaison delegation here, will make
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  • 479 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 25. TRADE union leaders in West Malaysia were today told to set aside their personal ambitions and animosities in order to reduce the number of ''peanut unions" in the country. The Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam made the
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  • 108 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 25—A five-member Sarawak delegation, led by the State Finance Secretary, Mr. Ten Kuen Poh, flew in here today from Kuching to hold talks with officials of the Central Government. Mr. Tan told reporters that the delegation would discuss with officials of the
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  • 121 10  -  From JEFFREY FRANCIS JESSELTCN, Sept. 26. Four armed Indonesians have surrendered to the security forces about 30 miles from Tawau. The surrender took place a few days ago, almost at the scene of the 1963 massacre of eight Malaysian soldiers by a band of
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  • 60 10 CJKREMBAN, Sept. 26.—A special ceremony was held rr today at Istana Hinggap here to bid forewell to the rang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan« who leases for the t'nited States tomorrow for medical treatment. More than 100 people, Including members of the Negri royal family, ruling
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  • 198 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26. gLEVEM radiographers are wondering why the Government trained them because for the past five months since they qualified the Government has made no attempt to employ any of them. The radiographers, who signed a fiveyear contract with the Government immediately after they passed
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  • 134 10 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Sept. -6. With the end of confrontation a “new climate" now prevailed in Malaysia under which the people would be inspired to work harder than before, the Minister of Lands and Mines, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Ya’akub, said today. He
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  • 224 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26. A THREE-DAY conference to discuss the uses of timber for engineering, building and furniture construction, will be held at the University of Malaya beginning on Nov. 7. About 150 delegates from all over Malaysia and experts on timber technology from
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  • 389 11 VISITING MPs GIVE FIRM ASSURANCE SINGAPORE, Sept. 27. pOUR visiting British M.Ps today gave an assurance that Britain would maintain her base in Singapore for years to come. This was because Britain continued to have the same interest in this region as
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  • 69 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26—Inche Hanafiah Hussein, chairman of the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority, is on a visit to Australia to study the country’s agricultural marketing and rural finance institutions. During his three-week visit as guest of the Australian Government, he will also visit the sugar
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  • 42 11 KANGAR, Sept. 26 About 15 writers from Perils will attend the Kedah writers “cultural night” in Alor Star on Sept. 30. The function will be opened by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman
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  • 199 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 22. 'J’HE Minister of Sabah Affairs and Civil Defence, Tun Mustapha bin Dato Harun, left here today for Monaco to attend an international conference on civil defence where he will also seek aid on civil defence from other member countries.
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  • 87 11 SINGAPORE, Sept. 26. More than 250 men. of the Ist Bn. Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, arrived here in the landing ship Sir Lancelot from Jesselton yesterday on their way home. Immediately after disembarking at the wharf some of them drove straight to the airport, where
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  • 173 11 U ALA LUMPUR, Sept. 27. T h e American wife of a Malay Oil Company executive, Mrs. Kay Hashim, 27, has been appointed the new overseas representative for Malaysia of the American Field Service. She replaces Mrs. Ruth Hunsberger, who
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  • 91 11 CINGAPORE. Sept. 25 A well known German TV producer. Mr. Jorn Thiel, will give a lecture in English on “The technical media in youth work and adult education theoretical principles’’ at the Cultural Centre at 7.30 p.m. on Nov. 25. The talk Is organised by
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  • 61 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 27 An "A-Go-Go” show featuring performers from Hong Kong, the Philippines and Singapore will be staged for two nights beginning on Oct. 8 at Stadium Negara here The performers Include the Five Blue Sisters Combo from the Philippines, a Hong Kong singer, Miss
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  • 36 11 KANGAR. Sept. 26—Two members of the Perlis Local Defence Corps Syed Yahaya bln Syed Hussein and Tengku Yaacob bln Tengku Mohamed, have left for Perak to attend a potential officers’ course lasting three weeks
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  • 224 11 Kuala lumpur, Sept. 26.—A special committee is to report soon to the Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, on splinter unions in the country. The MTUC said today the Minister had assured them that after receiving the committee’s report which is nearly complete he would
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  • 234 12  -  By R. CHANDRAN (SINGAPORE, Sept. 27. —The harbour is now enjoying a boom in shipping traffic unparalleled In its history. A Singapore Port Authority spokesman told me today that the harbour, for the first time in Its history, was likely to handle a registered
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  • 72 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 27 Professor Um Kok Ann. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, has resigned as Master of King Edward VII residential hall owing to “additional duties, M a untversity spokesman said today. Prof. E. McEvoy-Bowe of the Biochemistry Department is
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  • 32 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 26—The Minister of Sabah Affairs and Cifvil Defence, Dato Mustapha bin Dato Harun. will leave here tomorrow to attend the International Conferanoe on Civil Defence in Monaco.
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  • 300 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 26. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night praised Mr. De van Nair, the former sec-retary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, for his ‘‘intense dedication and honesty." Speaking at the VIP dinner
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  • 52 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept, 26 —The British Government is to present science equipment worth $33,000 to the University of Malaya under the Colombo Plan. The British High Commissioner here. Sir Michael Walker will pre sent the equipment to the Physics ocF ai 3 rn< nt on versit
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  • 207 12 Kuala lumpur, Sept. 26. Rich countries are expected to be called on tomorrow by the Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, to aid poor nations through an Afro-Asian “Marshall Plan.” A Treasury statement today says Mr. Tan is likely to make this plea at
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  • 96 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 26. The Singapore Marine Department announced today that 13 ships have so far come under Singapore registration. A spokesman for the department said that they would be required to fly the new Republic of Singapore merchant navy ensign. All Singapore Incorporated
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  • 118 12 SINGAPORE. Sept. 28—The Heralds Choral Society will present a vocal recital by soprano Sob Ten Chin (above) at the Victoria Theatre at 8 p.m. on Sept. 28. Miss con nidus just returned from England after completing her studies at the Royal Academy
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  • 85 12 SINGAPORE, Sept. 26. *—Pelani, the Indonesian national shipping line, has resumed services to Singapore. The line’s first ship, the 3,000-ton Togaran, was due to arrive in the Outer Roads late this evening. A Singapore shipping firm has been appointed agents for the Indonesian line.
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  • 32 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26— The new Italian Ambassador to Malaysia Dr. Enrico Carrara, today paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Local Government and Housing Mr. Khaw Kai Boh
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  • 334 12 The ball all look forward to —by the Tengku K u A L A LUMPUR Sept. 28. Tengku Abaui rtanman touay described tne lortincoming press Ball as an event many people, including MPs, diplomats, government officials, businessmen and journalists were looking forward to. In a message to the National Union
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  • 57 12 NIBONG TEBAL. Sept. 29--™' Minister of Labour, Mr. V. M*' kavasagam. will declare open $360,000 home for aged Indianhere on Sept. 29. ir v The cost of the home was 1 vided by the South Indian Laooui Fund Board while the 1’ T site was donated
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  • 370 13  -  By JOE MIRANDA RUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 28. The Labour Party of Malaya is now in the grip of a crisis triggered by extreme left-wing elements in its ranks. It apparently came to a head during the delegates’ conference in Johore Bahru last
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  • 359 13 PENANG, Sept. 25. riMIE Penang Uinno division today denied there was a crisis within the party as a result of a dispute with the Umno youth section over the Brown Estate issue. A statement issued by the division said that
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  • 238 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 28. r |MIE International Press Institute will set up a regional training centre here for journalists to be called the South-East Asian Press Centre next month, Tengku Abdul Rahman announced today. Talking to reporters alter the weekly Cabinet meeting, the Prime Minister said
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  • 297 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 28 T'HE first patch of 1 Malay students who satisfactorily complete the HSC examinations in the Malay medium In November will be admitted to the University of Singapore next May. The batch will come f rom about 40 Malay
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  • 189 13 SINGAPORE, Sept. 28. —The director-gen-eral of the International Air Transport Association (IAT), Mr. Knut Hammarskjoeld, said here today there was a “tremendous potential for tourism giowth in the Far East. To cope With this rush of tourists in the near future, region should
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  • 26 13 PENANO Sept 28—‘Twelve Is*mic religious teachers from irunel arrived here today for a our-day tour of Muslim ln*tV uMons in Penang and Provtn«t Vcllesley
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  • 149 14 ‘FOREIGN POLITICAL AGENTS’ CHARGE KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 28. 'J’ENGKU Abdul Rahman has ordered an investigation into the allegation by Sarawak’s Chief Minister, Penghulu Tawi Sli, that foreigners had interfered in the State’s recent constitutional and political crisis. Other countries, he said, had no right to interfere in
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  • 234 14 IPOH, Sept. 28.—The 1 Minister of Labour, Mr. V. ManickavasaRam, was today asked to practise what he preached by the acting secretary of the Federation of Transport I Workers Unions, Mr. V. David. The minister was always encouraging the growth of strong and responsible
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  • 122 14 l/UALA LUMPUR Sept. 28. —The Methodist Afternoon Old Boys’ Association is to present a wheelchair to crippled Muar schoolgirl, Ho Liang Choo, 22. “to meet one of her immediate needs.” The gift has been made possible mainly through donations from the association's president, Mr Chew
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  • 373 14  -  By R CHANORAN SINGAPORE, Sept. 28. —Several Singapore citizens were among the crew of the Valiente, a freighter from Singapore which appears to have vanished at sea off South Vietnam, it was revealed here toi day. The owner of the ship. Mr. Low
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  • 107 14 Reuter. 1IOSCOW, Sept. 27.— The Malaysian trade mission yesterday completed a second round of talks here with officials of the Soviet Foreign Trade Ministry. The talks lasted for three hours, Informed sources said. But they added that it was too early yet to evaluate the
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  • 275 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 25. THE Minister o t Information and Broadcasting. Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, today asked the Information Department staff for their cooperation to help make Malaysia a model country. not only in Asia but the
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  • 205 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 28. T’HE retiring chairman of the Malayan Tobacco A Co., Mr. Dudley Brinsden, today paid tribute to the leadership of the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, and his deputy, Tun Abdul Razak, for progress in the country. In a farewell
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  • 44 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 28 Major Adnan Denny, master «»t the household of Rumah Anak Awang Betata. official Kuala Lum pur residence of the Sultan Biunel, was awarded Brunei's third highest award —the Dato Paduka Mahkota Brunei—in the Sultan« 50th birthday honours list.
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  • 42 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept 28 A 5-man delegation from the National Union of the Education Administrative Officers will meet the Chief Education Adviser. Haji Hamdan bin Sheikh Tahir on Oct. 3 to discuss grievances over their present conditions of servlca
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  • 328 15 SINGAPORE SeDt 2R pOCKET-SIZE transistor radios willroll off the production lines of a Singapore assembly plant belonging to a pioneer firm, Alliance Manufacturing Co. Ltd, earlv next year. The plant, Singapore's first in this field, will be set up at the company's $300, 000 factory
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  • 56 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 28— Forty-three young men from Malaysia and Singapore will complete their 25-day training course at the Outward Bound School in Lumut on Oct. 4. Those who have successfully completed the course will receive their graduation badges from the managing director of Rothmans
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  • 37 15 TANAH RATA. Sept. 28 Mr. Ling Sing Wong, headmaster of the Tengku Ahmad Secondary School here will take over as principal of the Keat Hwa National Type Secondary School in Alor Star from next month
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  • 98 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 28 The Jurong Shipyard Ltd. is now studying the possibility of building a second dry dock capable of handling up to 200,0041 tons of shipping at a time. The company’s managing director, Mr. K. Sakurai, said today this was because its present
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  • 27 15 PONTIAN. Sept. 28 A mobile X-ray unit will visit the District Hospital here to give free X-rays to »he public on Oct 8 and 8
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  • 66 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 28Air girt Nancy Gan. 20, (above) will represent Malaysian Airways at the Miss International Air Hostess quest in Australia in November. Miss Gan, who has been with the airline for 16 months, will spend two weeks at Surfers’ Paradise, where the contest
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  • 153 15 MELBOURNE, Sept. 28. gINGAPORES first High Commissioner to Australia, Mr. Stanley Stewart, hopes to expand trade between the two countries. Mr. Stewart, 56. arrived in Melbourne today on his first official visit since taking office in Canberra last month. During his three-day
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  • 34 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 28— The U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia. Mr. James D. Bell, accompanied by his wife and two children, returned here today after a twomonth vacation in America and Europe
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  • 49 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 28-A two-man Malaysian delegation left for Cairo today to attend a two-week Islamic regional conference which begins on Sept. 30. They are the chief publicity officer of Umno. Wan Abdul Kadir bin Ismail, MP. and Inche Jamaluddln Amlny, an Umno field officer.
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  • 321 15 SINGAPORE, Sept. 28. THE four visiting British MPs were told today how Singapore broke the back of the housing problem and came away “very impressed indeed.” After they had toured Queenstown and visited one of the families in its spick and span
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  • 119 15 I/UAI.A LUMPUR. Sept. 28- The British High Commissioner here. Sir Michael Walker, today presented equipment worth $33,000 to the physics department of the University of Malaya and warned that such aid may not be readily forthcoming in future. The equipment, consisting of three machines,
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  • 154 15 IPOH, Sept. 28 —The 1 Assistant Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Siok Yew, yesterday urged the National Union of Teachers to reconsider its move to boycott extra-mural activities in schools. “Think of the children,” he said, calling for patience in the national interests. “The
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  • 110 15 SINGAPORE. Sept. 2B. The import into Singapore of chocolate bars of loz. and less in weight is now prohibited. A statement from the office of the Controller and Registrar of Imports and Exports today also announced that for chocolate bars of over 1 oz. and
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  • 39 15 BENTONG, Sept. 28 Th* Minister of Information and Broadcasting Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, will address a political symposium for Alliance supporters here on Oct. S. Separate sessions will also be held for Umno, MIC and MCA numbers.
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  • 261 16  -  By V.K. CHIN: Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 29 Chief Minister of Sarawak, Penghulu Tawi Sli, said today that his Government would co-operate fully with the Election Commission to allow the State to have direct elections as soon as possible. He gave this assurance when he arrived
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  • 45 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 29 Deputy Supt. Mansor bin Mohamed Noor. the officer-in-charge, Traffic Police. Kuala Lumpur, left for Tokyo this morning to attend a 40-day traffic seminar which begins on Oct t. The seminar will be attended J*aclegates from l« AsUn
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  • 85 16 Singapore, sept. 29 About 300 delegates will attend the third annual delegates’ conference of the National Trades Union Congress at the Singapore Conference Hall on Oct. 2. There will also be 200 observers and guests from Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak and international trade union organisations.
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  • 39 16 BANTING. Sept. 28 The Di.strict Officer here, Inche Rahim bin Hussein, will open an exhibition by Mr. Sugu Kingham at the Methodist English School library on Oct. 1. The exhibits include oil paintings, water colours and crayons.
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  • 244 16 BELLY-DANCERS, MASSAGES RUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 29.—The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johan, today listed a few basic essentials for attracting more tourists to Malaysia. For a start, he called for more efficient and better-dressed waiters and waitresses, limousine service, belly-dancers and modern massage
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  • 257 16 SINGAPORE. Sept. 29. r JpHE Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said last night that the test as to whether Singapore could be a viable and independent State would be made next year. This would come about: WHEN the Republic embarked on
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  • 186 16 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29 THE Public DailyA Rated Employees Unions Federation claimed today that disc i p 1 i n ary inquiries against its members were being held in all government d e p artments every day under a r e c ent-introduced
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  • 401 17  -  From Jeffrey Francis lESSELTON, Sept. 29. J —lndonesia may be asked to send liaison teams to Sabah and Sarawak as quickly as possible to help counter the pro-Com-munist Tentera Nasional Kali mantan Utara bid to revive its activities. Provision for such teams
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  • 204 17 KUALA LUMPUR, F,pt. 29. 'I'ALKS on the repatriation of Indonesian prisoners of war ended here today and all is set for the 520 PoWs to go home. This was today disclosed by Major Otto Bojoh, a spokesman of the four-man Indonesian Alert Theatre Command liaison
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  • 17 17 PENANG Sept. 2P A \*<ndarin class for Malays will be opened in Jelutong next month.
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  • 225 17 Kuala lumpur. sept. 29 —Mr. Gurnam Singh, i the NUT president, who was elected chairman of the ‘‘new look” teachers' panel of the National Joint Council of Teachers at its first meeting last month, was moved down as vicechairman at the panels second
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  • 146 17 PENANG. Sept. 29. —Group Capt. R. H. Glassop, Officer Commanding No. 78 Fighter Wing at the RAAF base in Butterworth. unwittingly created an air speed record rrom RAF Tengah, Singapore, to Butterworth today. Flying a Sabre-jet. Group Capt. Glassop covered the 315 nautical miles
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  • 155 17 SINGAPORE, Sept. 29. Ind o n esia is looking into the possibility of using Singapore as the official trading base for the Jakarta-Hong Kong trade link. The liaison officer in Singapore. Lt-Col. Abdul Rachman Ramly. left Singapore today for a
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  • 46 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Sopt. 29 The Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, will open a one-man batik art exhibition at the A.I.A Building here on Oct. 10. The five-day exhibition of Mr. Hu Te Hsin’s works is being sponsored by the Galaxy Gallery.
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  • 179 17 D.D. IfUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 29 As a student effort, the University of Malaya and the Malayan Teachers College Music Societies’ joint production of “Show Boat”, which opened at the M.T.C. Auditorium this evening, succeeds admirably and the audience thoroughly enjoyed their
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  • 52 17 PENANG. Sept. 29— The Chief Minister. Tan 8n Wong Pow Nee, today defended the present system of boards of governors and managers for schools. Though there had been criticism recently there was no justification for saying the system was inefficient. he told the Georgetown secondary schools annual
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  • 32 17 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Sept. 29—A six-member team of senior Customs officers from Thailand and the Philippines will arrive here on Oct. 2 for a two-wetk study tour under the ASA programme.
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  • 156 17 Kuala lumpur. sept. 29. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open the $4O million Malayan Flour Mills Ltd at Batu Undan, near Lumut. on Oct. 15. The company’s two mills, which began production last December, are the country's first flour mills
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2144 18 From Our Market Correspondent |T was not so much a bearish market on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore last week as one without enthusiasm w ith small price movements in the poorest of routine trading. It was largely a continuation of the
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    • 78 18 /'HIMES! PrttfMi liohinii, ting*V Mr* n**n prim per picul yesterday: f o***nut *11: bu’k fl.l sellers, drum tl4l ••Here C*pra: Sept. /Oct. UK /Continent nquoted. f Pepper Muntok whit* *173 seller*, •qrawak white sellers, special Sarawak black $123 sellers, garbled Lktnpong black 1125 (N> sellers (OOf, jWLWI, ABTA
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    • 12 18 Sept. August Rubber: 59.693 its. 63.603 cts, tin; $605.85'i $618.98',
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    • 81 18 \N *t»e free eicha.ige market In Hong w Kong yesterday, the U S dollar vi a« quoted at 3.77J for T.T, and 5.761 for caih. Starling *a* quot-d at 16.05 and ona taol of gold at 267J. H.K. RATES C\N ttio fret oachango market in Hong v/ Kong
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    • 62 18 (unent Date Total for Total foi payment payable the year prerious rear 0. Mfe 4%i Oct. 30 19% 20 r M. Cement 5%* Oct. 21 •>2i'” O.C.B.C. 4%t Oct. 21 iqT Cb«. Tin Smelt 7*% Doc. 9 25A. Httam 4Jd.' Nov. 18 III' l&»£ ha M 15%* Oct.
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    • 31 18 RI’BBKR TIN (perlb.l. (per picul). Srpt. 26. 58 i cts. $6115.12 1 58 cts. $605.37'£ !H. 58cts. $604.87 >. 59 cts. $603.00 50. 59', cts. $606.12 *2 1 1 $609.25
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    • 49 18 26. Sept. 27. Sept. 28 Scot 29 Sent 30 Ort 1 ItiduHt rials: 94 38 94.98 94.55 63.87 93 48 93 05 108.32 108 94 109 77 109 77 109 40 109 27 lll ***** ,??i: liil? Inii MVc. 30. 196.3 100 Dec. 29 1962 100.
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    • 368 18 THE local Rubber Market levelled out during th4 week to maintain a moan of around 59 cents for October shipment state H.C.B A. 0 l.td. in their weekly review Fluctuations were narrow and trading was thin in the nb*en<e of any significant feature, acids
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    • 86 18 AUGUST tin outputs ali in piculs: Ampa t l .020, Aokam 1,735. Austral Amal 2,954. Ayer Hitam 1.056, Bcrjuntai 5.466. Gopeng Con. 4,229, Hong Kong 783, Idris Hyd. 431, Kam. Lanjut 2.415. Kamuntini? 2.793. Kent 410. Killinghall 912, K. Kellas 637. Kramat 293, K. Kampar 1,394, Larut
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    • 27 18 Sept. SO. Rl'RBER PRICE: 5»j cents (up one-eighth of a cent). TIN: $606,124 U P $3,124). 1.1 Estimated unofficial offering 220 tons (up 1> tons).
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    • 41 18 (Managers’ Prices) First Malayan 2.12 Herond Malayan 1.50 Third Malayan 1 0ft 1 Malaysia Commerce .88 4 Mai. Sav. Fund 1.28 v < First Hong Kong 1.00 L',i. Second Hong Kong s sterling Commodltv 3 1 1 Uong Kong currency;
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  • 382 19 FOUR MPs CALL ON LEE AND DISCUSS SiNGAPORE, Sept. 30 r jpHE possibility of British industry contributing technical knowledge for the setting up of certain sophisticated industries in Singapore was one of the topics the four visiting British MPs discussed with the Prime Minister, Mr.
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  • 403 19 ‘MISCHIEVOUS. SPITEFUL K. LUMPUR, Sopt. 30 'TENGKU Abdul A Rahman today described as “mischievous and spite-' ful“ an editorial in the Sydney Morning Herald on Sept. 19 -attacking the Malaysian Government over the recent Sarawak crisis and humiliating the Malay sian Army by saying
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  • 246 19 SINGAPORE, Sept. 30 fHE Government has decided to protect the republic’s $10.5 million cement industry. As a step, cement and clinker will from todav be subject to Import duties at $l2 and $6 a ton respectively. Clinker will also be placed under specific
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  • 305 19 IPOH. Sept. 30 ALL the 18 elected n members of the Ipoh Municipal Council and 16 senior staff members are to be insured for $lOO,OOO each. When this point was discussed at the monthy meeting of the council last night, t P®y were
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  • 76 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Sept. 30—The Blue Sisters Combo from the Philippines. who will perform In the “A-Go-ao” show at the Stadium Negara here on Oct 7, will bring cheer to the inmates of the Selangor Cheshire Home In Ipoh Road on Oct. 0. They will first
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  • 37 19 NIBONO TEBAL, Sept. 30—A businesman Mr. Kong Salk Hoe, of Sungel Bakap. has been appointed by the Penang State Government to be a member of the South Province Wellesley rural district council from next month.
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  • 419 20  -  By Oh Kee Tiang pHNANG, Sat. Fielding a faster and fitter side, Commonwe alth Forces North scored two tries and a penalty to beat Penang by nine points to three (a try) in their north zone Malaya
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  • 57 20 KTJALA LUMPUR, Bept. 30—The Staff of the Malayan Railway will elect their National Language Month Queen tomorrow at the Selangor Girl Guides Association building at Brickfields. The Minister of Transport. Tan Rrl Sardon bin Hajl Jubir will attend while Puan Sri Sadlah Sardon will give atfav
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  • 87 20 SINGAPORE. Oct. 2. The Singapore Rugby Union hold their final trtal tomocrow before naming the aide against Negri-Malacca in the Malaya Cup tie at Seremban on Oct. 15 The triallsU are: Probables Peng Kiat Ban Tprk Yeow Tong, Cuthbert. Orey. Watt Choon. J. Koh, Bullen. Oh.
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  • 47 20 KUALA LUMPUR. Oct. 1— Malaysian Armed Forces major units soccer final for the Denaro Cup between G RMR and 1 Recce ended in a scoreless draw at Rifle Range Road today. They failed to score even after extra-time and both teams were declared joint champions.
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  • 34 20 MALACCA. Oct. I—The 17th Ourkha Signal Regt beat 22 Light Regt RA (Tampin) 3-0 in the Anal of the 17th Dlv' Malaya District Major Units knockout soccer competition at Terendnk Camp here
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  • 516 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 1. Selangor, looking very much the weaker of 23 Cup rugger match against Perak on the Padang here today, came fighting back after the interval to win by 16 points to eight. Both sides collected their points in the second
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