The Straits Budget, 12 April 1967

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  • 40 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 SERIES 756 KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 12, 1967 Price 40 Cents (Malaya) or 1 Shilling KDN. 2582: 2594/M.C. (P) 2273.
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    • 344 2  - Blackout at a school’ s talentime show angry father Johore Bahru. 8. K NATH (Dr.) Ruklt PanjangJurong District, Public Health Division, Singapore. FRUSTRATED Singapore CYED Mohamed Bdros gate the Impression that he was suggesting a strip tease show when he talked of lights being switched off for long periods and
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    • 101 2  -  A PARENT Serein baa T HAVE children In three different schools and In my trips to pick them up. one thing has become very clear to me. There Is a deterioration of discipline. Teachers do not realise that when everything is over and
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    • 73 2  -  DEMOCRAT Kaantan VOU say that teachers have set examples cf Indiscipline for their pupils 1 fall to see how a strike peacefully and legally carried out can be so. Striking teachers have set tor their pupils, instead. an example of courage, namaly to fight for what is right and
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    • 41 2  -  WORRIED rARENT Malacca THE strike by teacher* gives grave concern to parents of Form 3 and Form 5 students who will be having their important examinations this year Will the teachers In these two forms kindly not go on strike?
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    • 84 2  -  JAMES P. AUGUSTIN Snngei Patani A 8 one who has dedicated half a century to teaching (ol teachers as well as children > 1 view with great concern the deterioration in Government—NUT relations. The present uneasy situation Is already showing signs of appalling re- percussions: and as only a
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    • 58 2  -  CURIOUS E. Lumpur VTOW that the Education la Minister is overseas, why hasn't his deputy been acting In the poet? Wny should the Minister of another Ministry act as Minister of Education? If the Assistant Minister of Education Is not exK ?cted to perform this nctlon, what Is hls
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    • 146 2  -  J.BS Ayer Itam. Penang NEIGHBOUR Petallng Jaya 'PHI salary scale of teachers has been revised three times 'since the end of the war. On each occasion the salary scale has been downgraded. Under the C o w g 11) Scheme (1948) the time scale maximum was $751, and in
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    • 123 2  -  HEDWIG ANUAR (Mrs.) Director National Library Singapore IN reply to “A T. 8.” 1 (8.T. March 25). the "exhibition room” at the National Library is In fact a lecture hall, used not only for art exhibitions but also for lectures, talks, forums, meetings and film
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    • 151 2  -  CHEGU Serein ban ”f)I80U8TED’8" reftrence to the teacher's working hours and holidays (8.T. April 1) was most ungenerous. Any presumption that the teacher works only five hours a day and five d«vs a week Is most unfair. The demands on the teacher do
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    • 148 2  -  A MOTHER Kuala Selangor WHILE all this confrontT ation Is going on between tue Government and the teachers, would it not be a good idea to close some of the schools most of whose teachers belong to the National Union of Teachers, and are therefore on strike? At
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    • 307 2  -  EX-TEACHER Bg. Serai T.Y. Kota Bharu J.R Puchong 1 agree with Mr. Ong Ewe Aik’s (8.T. April 61 that most teachers had their eyes open when they accepted their conditions of service and joined the Teacher Training 8chemes. But what about those teachers who
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    • 552 3 —Straits Times, April 4 The trade agreement between Malaysia and the Soviet Union, signed in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, clearly is the beginning of a new relationship with a principal customer. Important as the trade treaty itself is, the agreement in principle to exchange diplomatic missions which was
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    • 398 3 —Straits Times, April 3 The Serviceman contracts to die for the community ii called upon to do so. Whethei or not he actually has tc fight (and many Malaysian soldiers did have to on three occasions since the Second World War during the Emergency, in the Congo
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    • 177 3 —Straits Times. April 3 There ought to be a margin of tolerance, in healthy societies, for student high jinks. But how is it possible to laugh off the irresponsibility displayed by students of the Technical College in Kuala Lumpur on Apr. 1? It was April Fool’s Day, the
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    • 449 3 —Straits Times, April 5 The schools will close at the rnd of this week, re-opening again on May 1, which will be pay day. Whether the members of the National Union of Teachers who have been staging 150-minute walk-outs since March 27 will get full salaries or only
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    • 148 3 —Straits Times. April 5 Competency is not enough, said the Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister’s Department. in a striking address to district officers and collectors of land revenue. Competency is not indeed everything. But it is a great deal, and is the first requirement if archaic organisations
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    • 690 3 Straits Times. April 6 In a joint memorandum which presses for legislation to stop the fragmentation ol rubber estates the National Union of Plantation Worker# «nd the All Malayan Estates Staff Union publish some new figures. Thirty-six estates were fragmented between 1962 and 1966, a
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    • 797 4 —Straits Times, April 7 The National Union of Teachers has decided to “suspend” its strike —an ambigu> ous half-measure that is not as clever as the N.U.T. leaders may think. The union wants the best of both worlds. It wants the Government to treat its members as
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    • 268 4 —Straits Times. April 7 Dr. Lim Swee Aun’s wainj ing in Tokyo that the world may be moving towards t 1 tragic confrontation between the “haves” and the “have nots" has attracted lively attention. He wa* not the only speaker at this annual meeting of the Economic
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    • 652 4 —Straits Times, April 8 Polling begins in Sabah today for the election of a new' State legislature and government “observed" by fifteen officials from five countries. The observers have a three weeks task if they are to see the election through to the end. Because of the
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    • 386 4 Straits Times, April 8 The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority and the farmers’ co-operatives exist to lree the rural population from middleman exploitation. That the middlemen should fight back and try to preserve their profitable hold, was to be expected. In the Sekinchan padi area in Selangor, where harvesting
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  • 317 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 3. 'J’HE Permanent Secretary to the Prime Ministers Department, Tan Sri Abdul Jamil Rais, today called for the modernisation of Malaysia's administrative system. He was opening a three-day land and district administration seminar at the Selangor State Legislative Council
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  • 96 5 MODEL Angela Attia.s, 19. 1 won the Mi.-.s Singapore International 1967 title on the night of Apr. 1 at Ocean Park Hotel. She ocat 11 other finalists to lhe title to represent Singapore at the Miss International contest at Long Beach, California. Second was Rebecca Mok.
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  • 80 5 KI AI.A LUMPUR. Apr. 3.—About 5,033 teachers from 418 schools went on strike today in support their claims. These figures were given by the Edueation Ministry in a statement issued here today. The breakdown in the various States are: Selan gor, 139 schools 1,753 teachers; Negri Sctnbilun
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  • 170 5 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 2.—A 12-mem-ber mission from Taipeh arrived here today to And out what tourist attractions Malaysia can offer visitors from Formosa. Led by the general manager of Eurasia Travel Service. Mr. Willy F. Sun. the mission Is here as KUMta of
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  • 68 5 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2—Barisan Soslalls unions prepared today for a protest action against the Government tomorrow The brunt of this action will be borne by the Singapore Commercial House and Factory Employees Union. Members of this union were alerted this morning. The unions, fully backed by the
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  • 38 5 SITIAWAN. Apr. 2.—The sittnwan disaster relief committee, which was set up seven weeks ago to give aid to the 130 fire victims whose shophouses were razed by fire during the Chinese New Year, has collected $7,*****.
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  • 1062 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr, 2. strike by the National Union of Teachers is spreading, with its Penang branch joining in for the first time. Announcing this today, the union’s general secretary. Mr. John Gurusamy, reiterated that the strike would not be called off until the Government
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  • 190 5 Kota bharu, April 2. T h e 1,700strong Kelantan Malay Teachers Union (Kesatuan Guru-guru Melayu Kelantan) today accused the Chief Education Officer, Mr. Cheah Tat Huat, of preventing Malay teachers from bettering their educational qualifications. The general secretary of the union, Inche Abdul Rahim
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  • 222 6 PENANG, Mar. 29. 'PHE Mayor, Mr. Ooi Thiam Slew, said today 1 that there would be no Festival of Penang this year if the State Government did not take the lead in organising it. “The State Government should
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  • 84 6 Kuala lumpur. Mar. 30. The 20member visiting French economic mission of bankers and industrialists met the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, this morning. They were accompanied by the French Ambassador. Mr. Pierre Anthonloz. Topic of discussion: Investment here bv French private organisations.
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  • 36 6 SINGAPORE. Mar. SO, Air Vice-Marshal I. J. Spencer, Air Officer in charge of Administration and Air Officer Commanding Par East Air Force headquarters group since November 1985. will return to Britain this weekend.
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  • 32 6 PENANG. Mar. 30—Representatives from 52 vouth clubs in Penang and Province Wellesley will meet at the Youth Civics Centre. Karquhar Street, on Apr KLUANO Mar 30—Mr N S. CViardiagasan. treasurer
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  • 100 6 ,|/UALA LUMPUR, Mar. 3s. 11 —An expert weatherman has arrived here under the United Nations Development Programme He is Mr. Thomas A Hill, a tropical meteorologist of the World Meteorological Organisation. He will conduct studies in problems of meteorology peculiar to Malaysia to develop
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  • 124 6 VINGAFOKE. Mar. 30. Tbe visiting Bulgarian Minister fur Foreign Trade, Mr. Ivan Budinov, today expressed satisfaction with the implementation of the yearold trade agreement between Bulgaria and Singapore. Speaking to newsmen after a courtesy call on the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. S. Kajaratnan, Mr. Budinov
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  • 43 6 KANOAR. Mar 30 Mr. Ong Eng Hal. a businessman, has been elected chairman of the Kuala Perils branch of the MCA Mr Kuah Chooi Tong, a town councillor, is vice-chairman, Mr Goh Salk Aun secretary, and Mr. Ooi Seng Choong. treasurrr.
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  • 194 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. 'J'HE Malavsia-Russia trade talks, originally due to end today, will continue tomorrow. Officially, no reasons were given for the protracted negotiations which, when the Russians flew in 10 days ago, appeared to be straightforward. At the end of today's talks, the leader
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  • 47 6 KUALA LUMPUR Mar 30 The New Zealand High Commissioner in Malaysia, Mr R H Wade, nas been appointed Deputy High Commissioner in London. The Deputy High Commissioner. Mr. Charles Craw, is to become Permanent Repr\scntative to the United Nations in New York.
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  • 47 6 KI.UANG. Mar. 30 Mr. NS. Pam'ian was elected piesident of ie new branch of the Malayan Indian Congress at La\ang Lavang M mile*, from here at a meeting yesterday Other officials are Mr. N Vengade.san. vice-president Mr. P rhambtisamy. secretary and Mr. Cnandragasan treasurer
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  • 52 6 MbONG TEBAL. Mar. 30—A special meeting of the South Province Wellesley rural district council will be held tomorrow to elect a new chairman. The present chairman. Inche Hashim bin Puteh (Alliance), is resigning on April 1 for “personal reasons He will continue to serve as
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  • 237 6  -  By MARGARET WEE 1/ U ALA LUMPUR, Mar. 30. Western Australia's only woman real estate agent, Miss J. Watters, today claimed that women “can do better than men in business Miss Watters (above), of Park Lane Associates of Perth,
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  • 56 6 PENANG. Mar. 30 Nn 4,: Maintenance Squadron at th« RAAF Base, Butterworth, h nfTrred to make a pair of call ners for polio victim, 15-year-* i< M. Jaganathan son of a retiu* emplOfW of the base. This will be Jaganathan i pair Of walking aid
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  • 79 6 lESBELTON, Mar. 30 J l’he Sabah Foundation Board of Trustees todas announced that 1,578 scholarships costlnß $200,000 Is to be given to students of all race.- In Government aided secondary schools in the State Of the 1,578 scholar ships’ 400 are for nonnative student* and
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  • 125 7 PENANG. Apr 2 The 1 Penang branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals U to set up a permanent centre of It* own. The society has received an lntere.st-free loan of 1.200 for this project from the parent organisation
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  • 258 7 Apr. 3 A Singapore scientist in Australia is carrying out research into the ways in which the cerebellum (hind section of the brain) processes messages from the spinal cord. He hopes the research will gain him a Doctorate of Philoj»ophy degree from Monash
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  • 150 7 UALA LUMPUR. Apr. 2 Too government officers will attend a threeday seminar beginning here tomorrow to find ways of increasing the efficiency of the land and district administration in Malaysia. All State Secretaries. State Financial Officers and State Commissioners of Lands and their counterparts in
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  • 399 7 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2. gINGAPORE would be glad to offer neighbouring countries the use of her modern facilities to train civil aviation personnel. The offer was made by the Director of Civil Aviation. Mr. Tan Beng San, when presenting a paper on training at the fifth
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  • 61 7 SINGAPORE Apr 2—Mr. K r San has been elected chairman of the Singapore Association of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. Others elected are: Vicechairman, Mr. Koh Bee Chye; Secretary Ml M. N. C.inrpo.-> Auditor. Mr. L. C Loong: committee members Messrs. Kon Choon Kooi. Yin Ee
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  • 71 7 KUALA LUMPUR Apr 2 A dinner was given by the United Chambers of Commerce of Malaysia here tonight in honour of its president, Senator 8. O. K Ubaidulla who was made a Dato by the Sultan of Selangor on the occasion of his 41st birthday on March
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  • 231 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 3. Abdul Rahman will lay the foundation stone of the $49 million new General Hospital complex here on the evening of April 7. t Construction is being carried out in four phases at the site of the present General
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  • 41 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2.—The Canadian High Commission today announced that it had moved into it* new offices on the 11th floor of the International Building in Orchard Road as from yesterday Its new telephone number is *****2
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  • 24 8 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2—Mr. Ng Kah Teng, MP. for Ponggol, today toured his constituency to explain the significance of the National Service call-up.
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  • 137 8 1/(JALA LIMPUR, Apr. 3 —For two hours on Mondays and Thursdays Che Azizah binte Tan Sri Abdul Aziz. 18. will help Malaysians with their queries on cancer. She is one of four voluntary workers who will take turns to man the new office
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  • 79 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 31—A German architect whose special interest is "The Future of the j City” will pay a threc-day visit to Kuala Lumpur from April 3 to 6 to acquaint himself with Malaysian architecture He is Mr Helmut Borcherdt, who Is on an
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  • 192 8 Kuala lumpur, Apr. 2. —The acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, will open an intensive professional management programme on problem analysis and decision making at tthe Cameron Highlands tomorrow. Aimed at “getting the maximum potential of a man's
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  • 192 8 MALACCA, Apr. 3 r jpU.\ Abdul Razak today became the first Malaysian Minister to visit the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade at Terendak Camp Tun Razak. who leaves soon for Australia and New Zealand, spent two hours with troops from the two countries. On arrival at the
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  • 258 8  -  By MICHAEL FOONG: London, Apr. 3 HARLEY Street heart specialist has advised the retiring Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs, Tun (Dr.) Ismail, to lay off strenuous office work. Tun Ismail will also nave to hav e a check-up every six months by a
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  • 73 8 \f ALACCA, Apr. 3. Tun Abdul Razak today criticised certain junior government officers who were “not sincere” in carrying out their jobs. Their attitude had adversely affected the civil service. The Deputy Prime Minister was speaking at the opening of a $375,000 survey department building
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  • 33 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 3 Asst. Bupt. Llm Swee Thong, of tlie Federal Reserve Unit, will leave here tomorrow to attend h Junior advanced training course at Bram.shill College In Britain
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  • 134 8 |(UALA LUMPUR, Apr. 3. The Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, announced today that 130 families would leave for East Malaysia on April 16 and 23. Whole families rather than single persons had b?en selected to migrate to East Malaysia because thry
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  • 79 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 2 The Indian and Indonesian teams to observe the Sabah State elections arrived here today to join the Thai and Ceylon teams who are already here The two-man Indian team Is led by a leading senior advocate, Mr. Purunhottam Trlkam Dass. The
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  • 259 9  -  From Bill Campboll: Joaoolton, Apr. 3 ¥\ATO Donald Step- hens, UPKO president, today accused his election opponents of bringing up his former association with Brunei rebel leader A. M. Azahari, to confuse and frighten the electorate against voting for his party.
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  • 36 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 2—The Sultan ot Selangor will open the World Health Day exhibition at the Chin Woo Auditorium on April 7 The exhibition U organised by the Belangor World Health Day Committee
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  • 180 9 ¥POH, Apr. 3. The 1 formal signing of a new agreement on wages and retirement benefits between the Malayan Mining Employers’ Assoc iation and the National Mining Workers’ Union took place here today. Signing on behalf of the M M E.A. were the association’s president,
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  • 301 9 ALOR STAR, Apr. 2 4 THAI border police patrol shot dead a Communist terrorist in the Jungle near Betong, South Thailand, last month. A Malaysian border operations officer said today the area where the bandit was killed was not far from
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  • 126 9 TANAH RATA. Apr. 1 About 30 holidaymakers In the Cameron Highlands joined in the big search for American millionaire Mr. James Thompson, who has been missing from the “Moonlight’’ bungalow for eiehl lays. They joined residents iiere in the search, manv of them giving un
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  • 30 9 KUANTAN. Apr. 7. Mr M Manlvasan has been elected president of the Kuantan Arts Theatre Group with Miss Wong Hlong as secretary and Mr Anthony Danapaul as treasurer
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  • 239 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 3.— The Ministry of Education today denied that it had asked teachers in Katong schools to sign statements pledging that they would not use corporal punishment on their pupils. A Ministry spokesman said: “It may be that some principals have asked
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  • 56 9 KOTA BHARU, Apr. 3—All the JO Kelantan State Ass(mblymen have agreed to donate $lOO from their monthly allowance to the State Flood Relief Fund. The Clerk of the Council, Inche Nik Ishuk bin Nik Daud. said the money would be deducted from their allowances in
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  • 196 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4. THE Umno executive committee allowed Syed Nasir bin Ismail to resign from the committee because of his past services to the party, Tengku Abdul Rahman said today. The Prime Minister added: “At first I wanted to expel him for
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  • 84 9 DENANG. Apr. 3 Tengku 1 Abdul Rahman hopes to SAIL to Ceylon for his official visit from April 18 to 22. The P and O vessel Oriana is sailing from Singapore on April 14, and he hopes to be on it. “If
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  • 81 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 3 Fifteen official observers, Invited by the Malaysian Government to witness the. general elections in Sabah, today paid a courtesy call on th» M 4 nister of Information anc Broadcasting, Inche Senu bln AMul Rahman. The observers from Ceylon India, Indonesia, Japan
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  • 25 9 SINGAPORE, Apr. 2—President Yusof bin Ishak has appointed Mr. Chua Buck Ang a Senior Assistant Registrar of Vehicles with effect from March 15.
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  • 362 10 1/ UALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4.—A Malaysian Government statement today spoke of provisions being agreed upon before separation for the “continued employment” of Malaysian citizens in the Singapore Police Force. The statement was In reply to yesterday's anti o u n c e m
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  • 83 10 Kuala LUMPUR. Apr. 3 Five officers of the Malaysian Aimed Forces will attend a three-month intelligence course at the United States Army Intelligence School in Fort Holabird Maryland They leave here on Apr. 5. They are Major Izaidin bin Mo named Rahim Shamsoodin. Ma jor
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  • 191 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 4. —The visiting Czechoslovakian trade mission this morning began informal talks with Singapore officials. The mission's leader, Mr. V. Rudolf, and a member, Mr. V. Hrusecky. paid a courtesy call at the Ministry of Finance, where they were received by Mr. Sim
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  • 33 10 SINGAPORE. Apr. 4 The In-sptctor-Genera. of the French Ministry of National Education, Mr. Pierre Tlicron had talks with officials of the Education Ministry today. He flav in from Jakarta last night
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  • 218 10 Kuala lumpur. Apr. 4.—A conference to improve the standard of teaching of economics in secondary schools will be held at the University of Malaya next week. This was announced today by the head of the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University
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  • 103 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 4. The leader of a six-man sales trade delegation from Leicester, in central England. Mr. R. M Jefferis, today described the mission’s visit here as “extremely successful.” “We concluded deals worth thousands of pounds,” he said. Mr. Jefferls said the mission had secured
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  • 61 10 KUALA LUMPUR Apr. 3 Four members of the Malaysian Service Corps mill leave for Australia on Apr. 6 to attend a 2-1-month course In air delivery. They are Bergeants Chua Choo Wah, Nlzar bln Tibang and Abdul Rahim bin Ismail of the Air Despatch company
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  • 31 10 SINGAPORE, Apr. 4 Mr R W. Brack, general manager of Australian Consolidated Industries Is on a vlsi» to Singapore and Malaysia to survey market developments In the area.
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  • 140 10 LUMPUR, Apr. 3 Three employers, one in West Malaysia and the other two in East Malaysia, have found it more profitable to employ women than men, states the February report of the Ministry of Labour. A surveyor has found that women employed In his
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  • 163 10 |£U ALA LUMPUR, Apr, 3 A new co-operative society the National Thrift and Investment Co-opera-tive Society has been set up here to provide an opportunity to Malaysians in the low-income bracket to invest in real estate and Industries. The chairman of the society is Inche
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  • 285 10 Tengku’s play the game’ appeal to banks KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4. Tengku Abdul Rahman today urged banks to “play the game” according to the rules they had laid down when competing for deposits. 8peaklng at the official opening of the Public Bank Ltd. a ceremony attended by 200 VIP guests
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  • 28 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 4 Members of the Bclangor branch of the Malayan Nature Society here will visit thf Forest Research Institute at Kepong on Apr. 9
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  • 360 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4. 'JENGKU Abdul Rahman said today that the trade agreement signed yesterday by Malaysia and Russia would benefit both countries. Speaking on his return here from Penang, he said: “It is a good thing that both countries have agreed on matters relating to
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  • 30 11 JOHOR! BAHRU, Apr. 4. Mr. Wolfgang R. Pishner, Jaycee International’s programme man. eger for community development In Australia, will pay a one-day visit here on Sunday
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  • 100 11 SiNOAPORE Apr. 4—A visiting American industrialist, Mr. William Blackle, today described Singapore as a key port and centre for distribution in this region. He also spoke highly of Malaysia's development programmes. especially its land clearance, mining and logging projects Mr. Blackle, chairman of Caterpillar
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  • 73 11 PENANG, Apr 4. The Secretary of Examinations. Penang Education Department. Inche Farid Wujldi bin Hajl Subki. today announced the closing dates for the Higher School CertificateSchool Certificate and Malaysia Certificates examinations. Closing date for the H.S.C. examinations is April 10 and that for the School Certificate
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  • 40 11 liONDON. Apr. 4. Several Commonwealth countries, including Malaysia, will be represented at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's 16th parliamentary course, which starts here on April 12. The Malaysian representative will be Inche Hussein bln To’Muda Has-san. M.P. for Raub.
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  • 239 11 NEGRO RIGHTS TOP UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN U.S DENANG, Apr. 5. 1 Apr. 6. Thirtyunfinished domestic business in America today is equalising opportunities fo r Negroes on the same basis as for whites. Mr. Sterling Tucker, a prominent U.S. civil rights leader who said this last night in a talk on
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  • 21 11 KUANTAN Apr. s.—The Kuantan Theatre Club has provided 20 study giants to pupils in secondary and primary schools here.
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  • 224 11 JESSELTON, Apr. 4. 'J’HE United Sabah National Organisation and the Sabah Chinese Association today denied any “sinister motive” behind the presence here of Alliance election observers from West Malaysia. The United Pasokmomugun Kadazan Organisation —their rival In the Sabah Alliance—had earlier protested that high
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  • 59 11 TANJONO MAIJM. Apr. 4 —The north-bound day mail was delayed for four-and-a-half hours here today because of a goods train derailment at Sam River. Two wagons, loaded with flour, in the south-bound goods train jumped off the track at Slim River station at about 8.30
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  • 50 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 3—The Malaysian Institute of Architects issued its first monthly newsletter "Berita Akitek” here today. In a message, the pro-tem president of the Institute. Mr. William Chen, said the newsletter would bring the members into one big family and provide a channel for two-way communications.
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  • 62 11 IPOH Apr. 3—Two men robbed a nurse’ Miss P. Pfrumalaka, 23 in her room in the nurses hostel in Ashby Road at 2.30 a.m. today after she had rtturned from a midnight film show. The robbers took a pair of earrings worth 830. a 8200 gold
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  • 138 11 QINGAPORE, Apr. 4.—A l5-member committee with representatives from all races has been formed to study how best to utilise a $25 million grant and a $25 million loan from the Japanese Government In settlement of the “blood debt” Issue. The committee
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  • 39 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4.—The American Foundation for Overseas Blind yesterday presented $4 500 to the Malayan Association for the Blind to help build a dining room and kitchen block at the MAB Rural Training Centre near Temerloh.
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  • 218 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 4 VIALAYSIA’S foreign I"* policy and the trade agreement signed with Russia yesterday was discussed at the meeting of Mentris Besar and Chief Ministers here today. Also on the agenda was the question of appointments to the Public Services Commission and the
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  • 400 12 DR. ABBAS EXPLAINS HOSPITAL PROBLEM IPOH, Apr. 4. WITH doctors resigning as fast as others join government service, there is bound to be a shortage of doctors not only in Kuala Kangsar but throughout the whole country. The Chief Medical and
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  • 257 12 CINGAPORE, Apr. 5. The Finance Ministry today denied an Indonesian newspaper report that negotiations to resume full trade relations between the two countries had reached a deadlock because of a Singapore demand that Indonesia open all its ports to Singapore freighters. According to
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  • 124 12 GINGATOKK, Apr. 5 GThe Philippines ConsulGeneral in Singapore, Mr. Mariano Log aria, flow beaae to ManlU today for what ho described ns “rentine consultations”— amid the controversy over his statement in the Press on hb country’s claim to Sabah. Before he left, Mr.
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  • 44 12 KUALA LUMPUR Apr 4 A student lead-’shlp training programme is beir.g organised by the University of Malaya Students' Union. The 12-d <y course beginning on April 10 will be opened by Tengku Abdul Rahn in In his capacity as Chancellor
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  • 26 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 4 —The Vang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisurl Agong will begin a two-aay State visit to Pahang on Apr. 11.
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  • 254 12  -  By Geoffrey Boland SINGAPORE, Apr. 4 —Another major breakthrough in the control of Malaysian tin mines by local shareholders is about to take place. Gopeng Consolidated Is to call a special meeting in London to alter its articles of
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  • 445 12 SINGAPORE, April 5. VI ORE than 4,000 of the 9,000 youths called up I** for National Service, have so far registered. Registration began on March 28 and will end on April 18. Officials today described the response as "very good.” About 700 youths were being
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  • 38 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 3.—The first Japan Air Lines aircraft to touch down In Malaysia taxied into Subang airport tonight on a proving flight. The Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo JAL service will be inaugurated in May.
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  • 277 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5. 'JIIE Government is to set up two more agricultural colleges and 12 schools of agriculture to meet the nation's needs for technically qualified personnel to undertake agricultural development. This was announced today by the Director of Agriculture.
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  • 77 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Apr. 3 World Health Day wi" be observed here on a big .scale on April 30. Various competitions to depict thla v> i •hi me Partner* in Health'* ure tying organised. A Health Day exhibition will be held at the Diamond Jubilee
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  • 58 13 A.P. MONO KONO. Apr. 4—A Sinuapore University socialist student leadir has accused the Singapore Oovernaent a creating “political morons” by suppressing student political activities. In a letter to the Far Eastern Economic Re/iew, to be published on Thursday. Ong Ban Chai also accused the Governnunt of
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  • 61 13 KUAI.A LUMPUR. Apr. 3—The Straits Times has received a further $297 for the National Disaster Relief Fund. These came from: Teachers and pupils of Bckolah Renduh Jenis Kebangsaan Pa Yat. Kampong Paya. Klunng $75: Sharikut Perjalanan Tcrus Sabak Bernam-Kuala Lumpur Sdn. Berhad. k.l $100: MORa
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  • 57 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 4 Former \merlcan Vice-President Richard Nixor. will fly in for a brief visit on April 18 He will arrive in riie morning from Jakarta and leave for New Delhi the same night Mr. Nixon is currently on a world tour to equip himself for
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  • 255 13 l/UALA I.UMPUR. Apr. 5— Tengku Abdul Rahman today said he was conearned because of the staggered polling the Sabah election might defeat the democratic principle of a free, unbiased and impartial election. Polling begins on April 5 and will continue up to April 30 in
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  • 47 13 NIBONG TEBAL. Apr 3—lnche Mohammed bin Nor (Alliance* has been elected chairman of the South Province Welle-’ v rural district council, -.uccccding Inche Hushim bin Puteh. who resigned for “personal reasons” last month Inche Hushim will continue to serve on the council
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  • 27 13 KUANTAN. Apr. 5 Inche Shubdin bin Mohammad Hash im, the State Commissioner of Land and Mines, has been elected president of the Rotarv Club here
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  • 85 13 1/ UAL A LUMPUR, Apr. 5 Response to the Government’s $lOO million loan was today described by the Treasury as "very encouraging.’’ A spokesman said all Indications were that bonds at 5j per cent for a five-year term and at 5* per cent for
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  • 135 13 I/UANTAN, Apr. 5.— The Aborigines Department here will open three land schemes this year at Mentelong, Menpelam and Kampong Jong, in the Pekan district. Pahang’s Protector of Aborigines. Inche Badrillah bln Abdul Karim, said the aborigines would take part In a "gotong
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  • 60 13 KUAI A I UMPUR. Apr. 3—The Ifang dl-Pcrtua Negara of Sabah. Dato Pengiran Ahmad Rat fee. will visit the 2nd Malaysian Rangers at Kuala Kubu Bahru tomorrow morning After meeting the ol fleers, he will tour the camp area and meet Hie men. of whom
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  • 55 13 SEREMBAN. Apr. 3 The Snemban brunch of the Democratic Action Party has set up an action committee to strengthen the party organisation and ex’end its activities Members ot the committee will travel to ell tow ns and t ill iges In the State to explain
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  • 33 13 KUANTAN Anr 4 The Ministry of Culture. Youth and Sports has opened t n oilice at 43 Jalan Tclok Stock here Inche Abdul Rahim bin Ahmad is 'he Statt Cultural OfTkvr
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  • 232 13 SINGAPORE, Apr. 5. A LOCAL company of shipowners is out to break the monopoly held by the Far Eastern Conference of European shipping organi- sations. The Harborline and Shipowners Ltd., agents of the Singapore President Lines, has advised the Chinese Chamber
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  • 62 13 KANGAR. Apr. 3 About 300 villagers will take part in a •gotong royong” (self-help) project to clean the Muslim Cemetery and mosque grounds at Kok Kclang, nine miles from here, on April 6 Leading the volunteers will be the State Secretary Inrhe Abdul Rahman bin Lebai
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  • 38 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr 4—The MARA College Students’ Union will hold Us graduation dinner and dance on the night of Apr. 7 at its college hall. Highlight of the dance will be the election of Miss Graduation.”
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  • 39 13 PENANG Apr. 4 The Kota Bharu Unino branch will hold a variety show In the Pulau Tikus community hall on the night of Apr 9 Earlier in the day. the branch will hold its annual meet, lng
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  • 318 14 JESSELTON, April 5 Sabah official invites questions after briefing and gets overwhelming response on all topics Sabah Supervisor of Elections, Mr. H. S. Sidhu, today addressed overseas observers of the Sabah polls and then invited them to “grill* him. For more than half an hour he
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  • 54 14 PENANG. Apr. s—Five women Adult education teacher* in North Province Welle* ey will attend a two weeks course in secondary adult education In Ipoh starting on April li. They are Che Som binte Ismai Che Jam btnte Ahmad. Che Rahman Jaalar, Che Nah Sallep, and
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  • 31 14 RABAT. Apr. 4—A six-member Malaysian goodwill mission yesterday met the Moroccan Foreign Minister. Mr. Ahmed Laraki. The delegation ts scheduled to (ly to Madrid later today. UPI
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  • 25 14 SUNGEI PATANI. Apr 4—Syed Alwi bin Syed Kassim, District Officer, Kuiim, has resumed his duties after a month’s lease in In dia.
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  • 189 14 IfUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5. —Malaysian architects have formed a new national organisation to represent their profession In place of the former Federation of Malaya Society of Architects. Called the Malaysian Institute of Architects, it will hold Its first meeting on Apr. 9
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  • 68 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 5. The Japanese Ambassador, Tan Sri Fumihiko Kai. today presented a television set and hooks and publications on Japan to the South-East Asia Press Centre here. The trainees from C eylon. Sabah. Sarawak and West Malaysia are attending a junior sub-editors course
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  • 176 14 K LUMpUR. Apr. 5 A three-day conference on for National Development’’ will be held at the University of Malaya on Apr. 10. Organised by the National Conference of Heads of Secondary Schools, the conference will make a reappraisal of school curricula in the context of national development.
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  • 261 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5. MEMORANDUM has been submitted to the Government requesting it to take immediate and long-term measures to control the sub-division of estates. It is compiled jointly by the National Union ot Plantation Workers and the AllMalayan Estates Staff Union.
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  • 53 14 KUALA LUMI’UR. Apr. 5 Prof N. 8. Halle and Prof. Thong Saw Pak will represent Malaysia at the first conference for Commonwealth scientists, organic d by the Royal Society, at Oxford University, beginning on Apr. 7. The five-day conference will he attended by 78 scientists from
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  • 37 14 SINGAPORE Apr 6-Delegates attending the East Asia Christian Council seminar, row going on h're, todaj called on President Yusof bin lshak About 60 delegatBa from 14 Asian Pacific IKI countries art attending the seminar.
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  • 77 14 SINGAPORE. April 5 Malaysia Singapre Airlines today resumed operations to Jakarta after a three-year break with a chartered Boeing 707. This weekly service will be augmented to twiceweekly with the Introduction of a Silver Kris jet flight. The first MSA service between Sydney and Stngi pore
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  • 65 14 SEREMBAN Apr 3—Tlie T**ntxu Puan Be,sar Kur.shiah wtd<-* of the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Tengku Ampuan of Negri Sembilan attended prayers at the Royal Mausoleum at Sri Menantt. 24 miles from here, on the seventh anniversary of the death if the first King
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  • 51 14 KUAI.A LUMPUR Apr 5 Tengku Abdul Rahman will unveil a plaque tomorrow to mark the occupation by the Ministry of Defence of its $2-millton complex at Jalan Padang Tembak here. The complex, consisting of four blocks of four-storey buildings is situated opposite the old Malaya Command
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  • 43 14 PENANG. Apr 5 A school teacher, Inche Sulwtman bin Lebai All, has been re-elected president of the Tasek Glugnr Umno branch, with Inche Ahmad btn Haji Jamil, a State assemblyman as vice-president and Inche Abdul Rahim bin Haji Jamil, secretary
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  • 21 14 PARIT BUNTAR Apr. 4—The Methodist Secondary School here will hold its annual cross country race o t pm tomorrow.
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  • 458 15 K LUMPUR. Apr. 6 'pHE Master Plan for Kuala Lumpur, now open for public inspection, is based on a population projection of 1.3 million people more than three times its present population. Calling on architects to study it and make constructive criticisms, the Minister
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  • 49 15 KUANTAN. Apr. —Mr A Ra.ialitigam was elected chairman if the Pahang branch of the Mai lavan Technical Services Union at its annual meeting here yester- day. Others elected were Inche Noordtn bn Abi 9 ekar. vice-chair-man, Mr P S Nathan, secretary, and Mr James Magness. treasurer
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  • 124 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 6 —Malaysia's first tae-kwon-do "ambassador," Mr. C'hang Chan Koong. leaves for Korea and Japan tomorrow to learn more of the Korean art of self-defence. Mr. Chang (above), who has been called the "pioneer of tae-kwon-do in Malaysia," has been invited
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  • 83 15 SINGAPORE. Apr. Nine coufageous teachers and six pupils from four Chinese schools were today commended by the Minister of Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon for their public-spiritedness in going to the aid of teachers and pupils who were being beaten up in their schools
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  • 40 15 SINGAPORE Apr 6 The 14.000-ton Strathardie, first of P and Os three new super-cargo liners will arrive in Port Swettennam on Apt li and in Singapore two days later. This is her maiden voyage to the Par East
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  • 151 15 J. BAHRU Apr 6 \l ALAYSI AS first tnte grated timber factory will be set up early next year as a Joint venture by a local company. Mado’s Enterprises, and a Japanese firm. The Raja Muda, Tengku Mnhmood Iskandar. owner of Mado, said today that
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  • 247 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 6. jyjALAYSIA S School of Architecture must be established at the University of Malaya, and not at ihe proposed University College in Penang. This was stressed here tonight by Mr. William Chen, president of the Malaysia Institute of Architects, who .vaid
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  • 80 15 Kuala lumpur. Apr.« A preview of an Australian industrial display will be given at the Sel ungor Chinese Assembly Hall here on April 24. Tlu Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Lim Swee Ann will attend. The five day display, which opens the following day.
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  • 28 15 PENANG, Api 6 The Democratic Action Party branch here will hold political discussion* every Monday evening at its premises at 52 Magazine Road, starting next week
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  • 215 15 [{UAL A LUMPUR, Apr. 6. The Selangor Adult Education A s s o c i a tion, which has stopped running classes, has created a $42,326 trust fund with its capital to aid needy secondary school pupils in the State. The fund is
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  • 62 15 KUALA KANGSAR Apr (i The Assistant Minister of National and Rural Development, Inche Sulaiman bin Bulon made a surprise visit to several adult educatloi classes here today. He was accompanied by Inch! Ahmad Nordtn Anon, State Adult. Education Organiser. Perak, who said that there were 150
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  • 57 15 KUALA LUMPUR Apr f. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Rawk, will ooen the i extension tuilding of the MAH A College in Pefaling Jaya at 5 pm. tomorrow He will also hand over certificates to graduates at a ceremony at the college hall. A graduation dinner
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  • 198 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. sawmill industry, with an estimated capital of $l7 million, faces a collapse. Most of the 100-odd sawmills, employing about 6,000 workers, are operating only one or two days a week because of shortage of logs. Instead of receiving the usual average of
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  • 88 16 Kuala lumpuh. Apr. 6. Thirtyfive officers from the United States War College will arrive here tomorrow on a threeday visit. Led by Col. Stuart M. Porter, the group will call on the Chief of the Armed Forces Staff, Gen. Tengku Osman bin Tengku Mohamed Jewa,
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  • 54 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. ViceAdmiral CP. Mills, Flag Officer, Second-in-Command of the Royal Navy’s Far East Fleet based in Singapore, is to be Commander-In-Chief, Plymouth. He will take up his new post, which includes the Nato appointments of Commander, Central Sub-Area. Eastern Atlantic, and Commander, Plymouth Sub-Area.
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  • 19 16 SINOAPORL, Apr. 3.—The rfexport of copra must now be supported by a certificate signed bv the importer.
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  • 156 16 FRANCE TO SET UP TRAINING CENTRE IN S’ PORE SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. France is setting up a vocational training centre here as her contribution towards Singapore’s industrialisation. The centre Is expected to begin functioning in March next year in a building to be erected in River Valley Road. It will
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  • 52 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Apr. 4 More than 200 teachers born West Malaysia will attend a twoduy seminar on the teaching of agricultural and home science at the Malayan Teachers College here on Apr. 10. The Assistant Chief Education Advisor of Teacher Training Mr. Chang Min Kee will open
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  • 44 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 5 About 50 La bout Party members today visited the grave of Ong Chong, who was killed during the anti-President Johnson demonstrations last October. It was Cheng Beng—the Chines*! All Souls Dav —and the visitors brought flowers and joss sticks.
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  • 36 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Ap.’i. 6—Mr. Tong Boon Khoon of Malacca was fleeted chairman of the Council of Malayan Smallholders Association at Its meeting here recently. The vice-chairman is Inehe Ismail bin Abdul Majid from Perak.
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  • 284 16  -  By 808 f G SINGAPORE. Apr. 6. Apr. 6. Details of full immigration controls at the Causeway by July this year are expected to be announced by the retiring Minister of Home Affairs, Tun (Dr.) Ismail, at a Press conference tomorrow One
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  • 25 16 PENANG. Apr. fl. —Lee clansmen here will celebrate the spring festival with a dinner at the Ix»e Slh Chong 800, Burniah Road, oil Sunday.
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  • 249 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 6. r fHE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, announced today that top priority would be given to ex-Servicemen in development projects. I He was speaking before Tengku Abdul Rahman opened the $2 million complex at the Ministry of Defence.
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  • 140 16 CZECH PLANES CAN NOW LAND IN S PORE SINGAPORE, Apr. 6 Aircraft of the Czechoslovak airline, Ceskoslovensky Aerolinle, can now call at S i n g a pore International Airport on the Prague Jakarta service. Negotiations between the Singapore Government and the visiting four-man Czechoslovak trade delegation on this matter
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  • 53 16 KOTA BHARU. Apr. 3.—The Chief Minister of Malacca. Inch* Aixiul Ghafar bin Baba, will make a three-day visit to Kelantan be ginning on April 13. He will address rallies at Pasir Pufeh. Kubang Kerian and Tanah Merah and will also Umno officials at Pasir Mas Bachok
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  • 122 16 SINGAPORE, Apr. 6. Apr. s.—The Malaysian Armed Forces will receive another 18 military vehicles tomorrow from the Australian Government under its Defence Aid programme to Malaysia. The vehicles will be presented by the Australian High Commissioner, Mr. A. J. Eastman, at a ceremony at the
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  • 284 17 ASSURANCE BY MINISTER KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 7. MALAYSIA expects to be self-sufficient in rice by 1970, the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Haji Ghazali bin Haji Jawi, said today at the opening of a four-day conference of the Malaysian Association
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  • 182 17 OENANG, Apr. 7.- The chairman of the Penang University Project Committee, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, today described as “illogical” arguments for the establishment of Malaysia’s proposed school of architecture in Kuala Lumpur instead of at the proposed University College in Penang. He
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  • 95 17 Kuala lumpur. Apr. 7. —The Ex-Services Association of Malaysia Is looking for a fall time secretary-general te help expand the activities of the association and improve the administrative efficiency of all ita branches. A spokesman of the association said that the decision to
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  • 31 17 SUNGEI PATANI Apr 7. Mr G. Rajagopni has been elected president of the Ibrahim School Old Boys' Association. Mr. P Gunaratnam is secretary and Mi Lim Chek Khoon treasurer
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  • 487 17 K. LUMPUR, Apr. 7 'j'ENGKU Abdul Rahman said today that the $49 million new General Hospital complex when completed in 1970 would be the largest in South-East Asia and comparable to any in the world. Speaking at a ceremony in which he laid
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  • 234 17 K. LUMPUR, Apr. 7 /'OUNTRIES in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region were urged to strengthen their quarantine services by an increase in legislative powers, staff and facilities The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Plant Protection Committee for this region expressed
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 2323 18 From Our Market Correspondent HULL conditions ruled on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore last week and there was little to <*ct as an incentive to keep the market moving. Although the week saw yet another public listing —Public Bank Berhad the ironical
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    • 22 18 IIIBMB TIN |pr$) (pwptoul) Apr. t. KHitto. HWJt 4. MS eta. $$M.7S uiZik H91.1S 4. 1 St'i ots. MMJS 96M.SI
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    • 38 18 Current Datr Total for Total lor pi«mr t payable the year prerio* year 0.C.8.C. »fi« Ma« 6 IS IS Oieneally 5%+ Apr. 23 15 Sel. Prep. I#% May 6 I71«r, I 74«!. Plus bonus I Interim
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    • 54 18 Apr. 3 Apr. 4 Apr. 3 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 Industrials: 107.41 107.59 107.61 107.37 106.95 106 86 Properties: 102.05 102.79 102.39 101.97 101.28 101.15 Minings: 99.75 100.01 99.86 99.84 99 89 99.72 rubbers: 111.34 111.34 111.38 111.38 111.86 111.86 t Dec. 29. 1962 100
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    • 28 18 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 5—The Sultan of Selangor will open an exhibition to mark World Health Day at 9.45 n.m. at the Chimroo Stadium on Friday.
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    • 24 18 SEREMBAN. Apr. 7-The Malay reachers Co-operative 8oclety here yesterday presented $100 worth of Malay books to the Seremban Day Centre library.
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    • 336 18 DURING the week the local rubber market levelled out report H.C.B. A Co. Ltd. in their current review. No new factors came to bear and after a steadier start trading became routine and uninspiring, adds the report. Minor downward reaction was not sustained and the market
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    • 74 18 C MINIS! Preduea ■lehenge, Singepara naaei prtaaa par pieul yesterday! Caaamit ail: bulk $43 aellara, drum $47) aellara Capra: Apr/May UK/Contlnent $27) B. Pepper: Muntok white $l4O sellers Sarawak white $187) seller*. epeoa' Sarawak black $lOO aeller*, garble.! Lampong black $lO2l aellera <96% NLW), A ITA $llO sellers
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    • 26 18 April 7. RUBBER PRICE: Mi rente (up three-quart-ers of a cent). TIN: $604.13 (up $1,621). Estimated unofficial offering was 135 tort* (up 16 tons).
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    • 50 18 (Manager* Prieaa) First Malayan 2,20 2.3$ id Second Malayan 1.91 1.71 Third Malayan 1.12 I.W iha Raving Fund... 1.23 1.49 id Tho Comrr.erco Ind. .8p t.QO Mai. Invest, fund... .05 I.QB First Uonw Kong 95 I.obxd* Second Hong Kong ."0 .74* Sterling Ccmmodlty 2/10 4/8 (•Hong Kong curanay)
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  • 248 19  -  By AbUL FAZIL CINOAPORE, Apr. 7. —About 4,000 Indonesian businessmen are now nere to resume trade between the two countries. They hate been arriving in separate groups since the middle of February following the signing of a trade pact between Singapore and
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  • 68 19 MALACCA. Apr. 9— The National Language Bill received unanimous support from the Malacca Umno branch at Its annual meeting here last night. The meeting also urged the Malaysian Government not to establish diplomatic relations with Peking If that country was still a source of danger
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  • 33 19 PENANG. Apr. P—Miss Fajaawary Kumarasamy has been admit‘ed to the Bar by Mr. Justice H.B Once. A former student of the Bukit Merta'am Convent. she read law at Lincoln’s Inn.
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  • 315 19 GANDAKAN, Apr. 7.— A high ranking P n 111 pplnes Army officer now tourI ing Sabah on a diplomatic passport said here today that Indonesia had no right to send observers to the Sabah polls. It was so
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  • 36 19 LUMUT, Apr. 7—'The Lumut branch of the MIC will hold Its annual meeting on Apr. 9 here under the chairmanship of Mr. V. Ayappan. political secretary to the Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications.
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  • 208 19 rPAPAH, Apr. 7. —A flag raising ceremony, followed by a champagne party, today marked the completion of the Jor Dam, a major part of the $142 million Batang Padang hydroelec ric project near here. Members of the National Electricity Board and key men
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  • 51 19 PENANO. Ad r. T Eleven families In Ballk Pulau will accept 24 students from other districts In his year’s student exchange programme sponsored by the State Government. A ceremony to introduce the students to their “foster parents' will be held In the District Office at 11 am.
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  • 46 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 7—A delegation of Malaysian graduates from universities in Formosa wUI meet the Minister of Finance Mr. Tan Slew Bin on Apr. 10 to discuss recognition of their degrees. There are about 2.000 graduates of Formosan universities In Malaysia
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  • 52 19 KUANTAN. Apr. 7—The acting Mentr* Bc-ar ol Pahang, Dat«» Ha)l Abdu Ans bln Ahmad, will open a course for adult education teacher* the Abdul Rahman Tallb School here on Apr. 13. More thai 220 teachers from all over the Stat* will attend the four-da v
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  • 28 19 SITIAWAN, Apr. 7-Ahabyphow sponsored by the Dlnrttn?s als*rtc* welfare committee will be held at |he Slmpang Empat English School here tomorrow tc commemorate World Health Day.
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  • 335 19 I/LALA LUMPUR, Apr. 6. 1UQ AOUUl tva/aK said MMiay uiai hut v*wt to Australia next week womd give him the opportunity to tnank its tiwvernment ana peopie personally tor their generous assistance to itaaiaysia. The ucytity Prime Minister was speaking at a presentation
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  • 29 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 7—A five-day co-operative management seminar will be held at the Cooperative College 1n Petaling Java in June About 100 delegates are expected to attend.
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  • 164 19 IESSELTON, Apr. 7.— J Section excitement was running high throughout Sabah tonight as campaigning for tomorrow s pods was wound up. Polling gets underway at 8 o’clock Ln the morning in most constituencies, but in some of the more inaccessible areas voting will begin
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  • 109 19 IPOH, Apr. 7. Orchid seedlings and plants will be presented as prizes to winners ln the Perak Orchid Society show at the Police Volunteer Re serve mess here on Apr. 9. Dendrobium seedlings will be given to winners ln the novices section while a dendrobium
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  • 20 19 PENANO Apr. •—Twenty-one officers of Hong Kong’s Rf settlement Deoartment will arrive here tomorrow for a two-day visit
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  • 307 20  -  QUADRANGULAR HOCKEY h Joa Dorai SINGAPORE 0 PERAK 0; MALACCA 1 FORCES 0 gINGAPORE did just enough to win the MHF quadrangular hockey titje at Thomson Road yesterday. They drew with Perak, the Raz£K Cup holders, to finish one point ahead of Malacca, who
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  • 114 20 SELANGOR 2 NEGRI CELANGOR women chalk k ed up their fourth inter state quadrangular hockey success this season after a hard game with Negri Sembllan in Beremban yesterday. Affer Ruby Manasse had opened the scoring In the Bth minute 3e anger were held In check until
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  • 378 20 UNDER-23 CRICKET SINGAPORE entered the Malaysian Cricket Associatlon’s Under-23 final when they beat Malacca by four wickets In the South Zone deciding match on the Singapore Padang yester- day. In the final at Kuala Lumpur on May 6-7. Singapore will meet Selangor or Penang, whose North
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  • 60 20 PENANO, Apr. 10 Penang beet Trang. South Thailand by 13 matches to five in a friendly tennis game played on the PBC courts yesterday. Penang showed marked superiority In the men’s section where they won 10 out or the 12 doubles. The two women’s doubles
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  • 60 20 The In tor-state Dm no Youth soccer match between Negri Sembllan and Selangor at Seem ban yesterday was abandoned three minutes from time when the Negri team walked off the field In protest against a penalty award. Negri had fought back from 3-1 to 3-3 when the
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  • 46 20 The Tabic Tennis Association of Malaysia have decided to enter men’; ar c women’s teams for the Aslei championships to be held in Sings* ore on Aug ift-17 Central usd training for ten men anr’ eleh» women will begin on Julv 32 at Ipoh
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  • 17 20 Perak AAA Central Zone officiate Chairman Ho Pak Yew secretary R Buppiah: treasure* Darshan Singh
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  • 21 20 A Faharw boys basketball team and a gins’ team will leave on Wednesday for a tour of 8a rawak
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  • 421 20 KUALA LUMPUR, R Apr. 7.—The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said today the Government’s policy to Malaysianise the private sector would not frighten away foreign investors. He was speaking at the graduation ceremony of the MARA College In Petaling Jaya. A
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  • 58 20 TANJONO MALTM, Apr. 7.—A former local teacher. Mr. Hacharan Singh, hae fceea fleeted president of (he Malaysian Students* Union In the United Kingdom and Eire. He is studying at the University at Leicester for his Master of Science degree in economics His (ether. Mr. Bants Singh,
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  • 35 20 IPOH, Apr. 7.—The Minister of Culture. Youth and Sports Inche Sena bln Abdel Rahman will open the four-day Young Christian Workers national council meeting at St Michael’s Institution here tomorrow
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