The Straits Times, 20 August 1959

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    20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 /Hat***** Hot*"* 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959,* 15 CENTS
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    ALLIANCE AGAIN
    877 1 Tengku ('I dedicate myself anew') takes a pledge Razak: We will serve people as in past ...and the score is 70-30 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday THE Alliance was returned to power at 1.35 this morning— three hours after the first result in the Federal Parliamentary elections was announced. The
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    Mr How they lined up 8 to back Tengku
    2364 1 Mr How they lined up 8 to back Tengku JOHORE Kluang Utara MR. LEE SAN CHOON 'AID 5.985. Mr. Wee Lee Fonß (SF) 4,530. Majority 1.455; poll percentage 77.99. Johore Timor DATO ISMAIL BIN DATO ABDUL RAHMAN < All 7.087 Inche Ismail bin Hajt Mohd. ArltT ilnd> 1.854 Majority 5.233.
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    STOP PRESS
    62 1 JOHORE Muar Selatan INCHE SULAIMAN BIN DATO ABDUL RAHMAN (All.) 14.7 M Raja Hashim bin Haji Mahmood (Negarat 2.06S Haji Mohamed Tahir bin Daing Mengati (PMIP) 2.50S Majority 12.287; polls percentage 76.4; spoilt votes 262. Pontian Selatan CHE HAJAH ZAIN HIMI SULAIMAN i Ali i 9.469 Mr. Lee
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    Jets giving a headache to many countries
    91 2 Jets giving a headache to many countries SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. D. G Anderson.; Director General of) the Australian Department of Civil Aviation said today that the pro- 1 blems facing the world'; of civil aviation were the same in many countries. Mr Anderson who Is on his way back to
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    —THAT— MEETING: THE KING
    96 2 —THAT MEETING: THE KING ORDERED IT, MR. R TOLD PENANG. Wed— The Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee. today said that next Monday's meeting of the Penan* State Assembly was ordered by the Yang di-Pertuan Agonic. Dato Wong was commenting on a complaint yesterday by the Socialist leader of the
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    8 die in Jesselton blaze
    309 2 BARBER LOSES FOUR OF HIS SIX CHILDREN: 280 PEOPLE ARE MADE HOMELESS JESSELTON, Wednesday. LMGHT people died in a fire last Saturday J morning which made about 280 people homeless, and destroyed a block of 10 shophouses in Tanjong Aru here. The fire which broke
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    New prison scheme
    52 2 BRUNEI. Wed— A modern up-to-date prison where re- formative treatment can be given la now being planned by the Government at a new site to replace the present Jerudong Prison. A Government statement today said Jerudong Prison i was "ill-eQulpped and lacked many amenities provided by a
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    U.S. scholarship for Dunlop man
    52 2 SINGAPORE. Wed— Mr. O. Arumugam. production assistant for Dunlop Malayan Estates, leaves Singapore by air on Friday to study rubber technology at Akron University under a U.S.I.S. scholarship. The Nattarasankottal Nagarmttan will give a tea-party In his honour at the Cathay Hotel at 6 p.m.
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    Pay issue is the main obstacle to Byrne's scheme
    317 2 Pay issue is the main obstacle to Byrne's scheme OINGAPORE, Wed. *3 Lawyers here today welcomed the Government plan to secure their services as prosecutors in criminal district and magistrates' courts as a "move in the right direction." The scheme was announced yesterday by the Minister for Labour and Law,
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    TOP PHOTO AWARD GOES TO INDIAN
    170 2 PENANG, Wednesday. AN LNDIAN photographer, T. Kasi Nath of New Delhi, has been awarded the top prize a gold tcris in the Penang Pictorialists' third international exhibition of photography. i Nath's picture. "Shepherd of Manali." was adjudged the best out of 1,624 entries from
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    Assembly date
    27 2 PENANO. Wed.— The second sitting of the Penang Legislative Assembly will be held at the Assembly Chamber in Peel Avenue, at 2.30 p.m. on Monday.
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    PAX KASUR IS A BIG HIT WITH CHILDREN
    132 2 PAX KASUR IS A BIG HIT WITH CHILDREN PAX KASUR. the "godfather of Indonesian children," a name he acquired over Radio Indonesia, yesterday also became the godfather of Singapore children, when he made a re. cording over Radio Singapore for the children's programme in Malay. More than 50 Malay and
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    Seven to plan success of Malay classes
    288 2 THE new seven-man x committee which will temporarily advise the Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, on Malay education, held its first meeting at the Education Ministry today. Addressing the meeting in Malay, Mr. Yotir said: "The appointment of the Malay education
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    SINGAPORE VISIT FOR JAPAN MISSION
    139 2 SINGAPORE VISIT FOR JAPAN MISSION OINGAPOHE, Wed. A six-man goodwill mission will arrive here by air on Sept 10 for a two-day visit in the course of a nine-nation tour of South-East Asia to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the city of Nagoya. Mr. Masafumi Higuchl. liaison
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    Society meeting
    25 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Cage Bird Society will hold its monthly meeting at 164. Belmont Road here on Aug. 30 from 11 a.m.
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    Lock icon NA TAL: POLICE PLAN MEASURES TO HALTMORE VIOLENCE
    312 3 Sudden calm. ..but farmers in outlying areas set up own warning system DURBAN, Wednesday. I JOLU E chiefs conferred with more than 56 native commissioners from all over Natal today planning measures to combat the violence which has led to more than
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    Lock icon Up Guards and kick 'em often, he says
    257 3 Up Guards and kick 'em often, he says ONDON, Wed. An American yesterdaycame to the defence of a guardsman confined to barracks for 10 days after becoming entangled with tourists while on sentry duty outside Buckingham Palace. "It is shameful that the fine British Guards have to put up with
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    Lock icon Swastika sign
    44 3 NEW YORK, Wed.— A blood-red swastika has been painted on a sign at the site of a future Jewish community centre In Olen Rock, New Jersey. In the latest in a series of attacks on the project, it was disclosed yesterday.— U.P.I.
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    Lock icon 60 hurt in fire
    35 3 NEW YORK. Wed.-More than 60 firemen were injured yesterday, several critically. when flaming petrol gushed out of an exploding storage tank at a service and bulk station in Kansas City U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Undergrad bus makes Moscow—by way of Germany and Poland
    250 3 Undergrad bus makes Moscow by way of Germany and Poland MOSCOW. Wed.— Crowds of Russians gaped, laughed and waved yesterday as a red London bus carrying a party of Oxford undergraduates trundled along Gorky Street. Moscow's main thoroughfare, and across Red Square by the Kremlin walls. The 20-year-old doubledecker bus
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    Lock icon HEAD OF BANK IS SHOT DEAD
    176 3 HEAD OF BANK IS SHOT DEAD HAVANA. Wed. Senor Juan Morales, administrator of the Dominican Republic State Reserve Bank, was shot dead in Ciudad Trujillo yesterday by two Cubans said to be in the pay of the Cuban Prime Minister, Dr. Fidel Castro, police said in Clndad Trujillo. The twp
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    Lock icon 'Weather shop'
    40 3 LONDON. Wed.— A "weather shop" which people can visit to ask for weather Information and believed to be the first of its kind in the world, will be opened In London at the end of this month —Reuter.
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    Lock icon POLICE CHIEF POPKESS WAS MALICIOUS, SAYS LABOUR
    321 3 I ONDON. Wed. Nottingham's Chief Constable. Captain Athelstan Popkess, was yesterday accused of being malicious in getting Scotland Yard to investigate a visit to East Germany by two Labour members of the city council. The accusation was made in a statement issued by
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    Red lies, retorts Washington
    257 3 LAOTIAN CRISIS: U.S. BLAMED WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE Defence Department today dismissed as Com- munist lies a barrage of Red claims t hat Americans are masterminding Laotian army operations and participating in actual fighting between government and rebel forces in Laos. 1 Defence officials said there are
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    Lock icon Don't go near the water, is the cry
    187 3 LONDON, Wed.— Coins thrown by tourists glinted in the basin of a fountain outside Buckingham Palace today and police kept a lookout for small boys who don't mind getting wet in their search for treasure trove. Two boys in swimsuits, aged about
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    Carrier fire
    36 3 NORFOLK (Virginia). Wed. —A helicopter engine exploded and touched off a belowdeck fire aboard the aircraft carrier Wasp at sea in the Atlantic, killing two men and injuring 20, the navy announced today.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon YOU'VE NO RIGHT TO STAND IN STREET, MAN TOLD
    104 3 LONDON, Wed,— A man was told in court here yesterday that he had no right to stand in the street only to walk up and down. The man pleaded not guilty to obstructing a policeman from doing his duty by refusing
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    IKE, NIK HOPE TO EASE TENSION
    145 3 IKE, NIK HOPE TO EASE TENSION MOSCOW, Wed. Mr Khrushchev has told Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, that "I share your confidence" that his forthcoming meetings with President Eisenhower would help relieve international tension and achieve agreements. "This is exactly the aim ot the Soviet Government." he said. The
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      360 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metre. NATIONAL SHORTWAVE a*x fiin fioM Mornina- 632 SF.KVICE 4J.7 mures AM. 6.30 Good MornUig. 6.32 MED LM WAVE SERVICES Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; KuaU Lumpur 341 metres 705 A Date With Music; 8.00 The Penang 366 metres News;
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    A brother turns his back on dead brother
    428 4 WEIGHT-LIFTER, GANGLAND'S LATEST VICTIM, IS LURED OUT OF HOUSE INTO TRAP BY DECOY SINGAPORE, Wednesday. AN ANGRY young man today turned his back on the body of his murdered brother in kampong Tiong Bahru here. And it made him the centre of
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    Bank buys Whiteaways building in capital
    177 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Oversea/ -Chinese Banking Corporation has bought the Kuala Lumpur premises of Whiteawav Laidlaw for about $1,500,000 as oart of the banks expansion programme, the bank's managing director. Mr. Tan Chin Tuan. said today. The bank expects to take possession in November
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      270 4 Singapore diary.., SINGAPORE JUDO CLUB: Be- nls. 9 a.m., body building, 2 p in. tfnnars' class, 7.30 pm. to 8.30 badminton club. 5 p.m., girls' p.m., Randori for all grades. 8.30 basketball, 5.30 p.m.. boys' basketpjn. to 10 p.m ball, 6.30 pan., Chinese boxing 7.30 THE SALVATION ARMY: Unit- I
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    First all-jet service to the East begins
    70 5 First all-jet service to the East begins OINGAPORE. Wed. The first regular pure Jet service from London to the Far East via Turkey has begun. A BOAC Comet 4 will start from London every Wednesday morning and leave Istanbul in the aiternoon. It will then call at Beirut. Karachi. Colombo,
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    Boy stabbed to death
    47 5 KAJANG. Wed. A schoolboy. Jamaluddin bin Haji Abu Bakar, 16. was stabbed to death at a kampong at the 13th mile. Kajang-Kuala Lumpur road ye.sterday. The police .said he had 20 .stab wounds. A man later gave himself up to the Kajang police.
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    MAIDSERVANT HAS A BUSY DAY: BECOMES MUSLIM AND THEN CASTS HER VOTE
    160 5 MAIDSERVANT HAS A BUSY DAY: BECOMES MUSLIM AND THEN CASTS HER VOTE IPOH, Wed.— Lam Look Yin, 22. who is working in Penang as a maidservant, was today converted to the Islamic faith and later went to a polling station to cast her vote. Her conversion took place at the
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    $44 mil. Customs windfall in seven months
    223 5 $44 mil. Customs windfall in seven months DEARER RUBBER SWELLS GOVT. TILL KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. HIGHER price of rubber has boosted the Federation's Customs collection, yielding $44.3 million more during the first seven months of this year than estimated for the period. Export duty on rubber $89.9 million during the
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    Court official for trial on opium charge
    142 5 Court official for trial on opium charge SINGAPORE. Wed.— A senior court interpreter. M. V. Rajaram, will go on trial in a magistrate's court on Nov. 11 charged with smoking prepared opium, plus an alternative charge of being in premises used for smoking opium. Mr. C. T. Foo, the magistrate,
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    A SUNDAY REST FOR WORK CORPS
    138 5 A SUNDAY REST FOR WORK CORPS SINGAPORE. Wed. The National Construction Volunteer. Corps will not be called out this' Sunday as the earth-filling work being carried out on the Nicoll Highway promenade is practically completed. A Government statement Issued today said that nearly 4.000 more people had volunteered to work
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    Annual meeting —then dinner
    58 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Alumni Association of the College of Agriculture. Malaya (south branch), will hold Its annual reunion dinner at Ta i, Tong Restaurant. Happy World, on Aug. 27 at 7.45 p.m. The association's meeting Is to be held on the same day at the Johore
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    Scout chief here
    34 5 PENANG. Wed.— The Chief Scout Commissioner for Victoria. Australia. Mr. C Roy Nichols, arrived In Penang today. Mr. Nichols is touring tha Far East after attending the World Jamboree in Manila
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    New church
    32 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The assistant Bishop of Sin gapthe Rt. Rev. Roland Koh. will lay the foundation stone of the new Church' of the Good Shepherd In Dunde Rad. Queenstown, Monday.
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    His first—and last visit
    53 5 His first and last visit BATU GAJAH. Wed.— Wong Soo Lee, seven, who was making his first visit to this town from Kota Bharu. six miles away, was knocked down by a car, a few minutes after he got off the train, while crossing the road. He died in hospital
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    MALAYAN IS TO ATTEND SCIENCE CONGRESS
    96 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.A Malayan veterinary research officer, Mr. Sumitra Shanta. has been invited to; attend the Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advance- ment of Science In Perth on Monday. Prominent scientists and research workers from many countries will take
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    Madam Fum, 80, is off to vote
    37 5 EICHTY- year-old Madam Fum Lan is helped into a car by election canvassers at Ampang new village, where she had cast her vote in yesterday's parliamentary election. Straits Times picture.
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    Shots at bathroom not rash—judge
    179 5 Shots at bathroom not rash— judge SINGAPORE, Wed. A GOLDSMITH, Urn Scow Llm. appeated successfully today against a fine of $200. in default two months' imprisonment. Imposed by a lower court on a charge of firing four shots from a revolver so rashly as to endanger human life. v Mr.
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    THE BIG DAY in PICTURES
    25 6 A POLLINC QUEUE a familiar tight throughout the country yeiterday. This picture was taken in Kuala Lumpur. Straits Times picture.
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    THE VEILED VOTERS
    39 6 TWO VEILED WOMEN (Hajjahs) arriving at a polling station at Combak to cast their votes for candidates in the Serapak constituency. Hajjah is a Muslim woman who has been to Mecca on pilgrimage. Straits Times picture.
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    A Mentri casts his vote
    38 6 THE MENTRI BESAR of Perak. Inche Mohamed Ghaxali bin Haji |awi, leader of the Alliance in the State, checking his papers at the polling station in Sturrock Club, Ipoh constituency. Straits Times picture.
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    A CANDIDATE GOES ON TOUR ON A SCOOTER
    79 6 FORMER M.C.A. official, Mr. Robert Hoh. contesting as an Independent, tours the Bukit Bintang constituency on a scooter. Pillion-riding is Mr. Yong Pung How, former publicity chief of the M.C.A. Straits Times picture. "PLACE a cross here" party canvassers tell the woman
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    A FEW INCIDENTS, A QUARREL OR TWO, BUT GOOD SENSE PREVAILED IN THE END...
    61 7 STRAITS TIMES photographer Lim Yaw C hong took these two pictures of canvassing incidents near the Batu Road School polling station. Supporters of the Socialist Front and the Alliance were involved. Nothing serious came of them
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    IN JOHORE, AN OLD WOMAN WAITS HER TURN...
    42 7 AN OLD WOMAN waits patiently in the queue at the |ohore Bahru fire station to cast her vote. A fireman was the first to cast his vote at this polling booth. Straits Times picture.
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    In Malacca, the Governor's wile goes to vote—on a chair
    60 7 In Malacca, the Governor's wile goes to vote on a chair TOH PUAN LEONC YEW KOH wife of the Covernor of Malacca, is carried on a chair to cast her vote at the Banda Hilir English School polling station. Toh Puan Leong has been ill since last month md is
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    DEATH
    24 8 Word* SJ« (Minimum) RECEIVED CABLE that Mr. P. Clunniah father of Mrs. Kanagamma Subramaniam 1488 Dorset Road, Singapore passed away at Yaddukoddai. Ceylon.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    55 8 70 rV»rdi (Mimimum/ MOUSON: Singapore ladies acknowledge with thanks the amazing results by using the beautifully scented Mouson soaps. MADAM LIM GAIK Choo. her parents. Mr. Mrs. Llm Ghim Thiam Sister, Miss. Lim Galk Lian tender their heartfelt thanks appreciation to Doctors and Staff of K.K.H. for the successful
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    242 8 10 Horrfj $10 (Vinimum) MORGANS POMADE. The vui ld-renow ned tonic for grey hair Wholesale from Gratton Laboratories. WHEN COOKING always keep d bottle of Air-wick nearby. It stops cooking-smells from spreading through the house. EVERYTHING FOR A PICNIC trom a Sandwich to a Fibreglass Boat! See the special
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    She Straits Simr5 Thursday, August 20, 1959 Red Tactics In Laos
    596 8 She Straits Simr 5 Thursday, August 20, 1959 Red Tactics In Laos The war being waged by Communists in northern Laos is of far more than local concern. It is an attack against the whole of South-East Asia at its most vulnerable point; and in the broadest sense that j
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    The 'Dangerous Problem'
    359 8 In the latest of the Singa--1 pore Government's broadcasts on its work and intentions, the 'Minister for Law and Justice was able to report much purposeful activity in nine weeks of office. There has been amendment to the trade union law designed to strengthen the movement by
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    Student Envoys
    239 8 There are advantages in having to go abroad for university education. They are. without entering upon an exhaustive recitation, the advantages of intelligent travel plus prolonged contact with people who think differently. The tolerance and friendship bred of it transcend national differences and have become something of a
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    IKE vs NIK
    981 8  -  PHILIP DEANE BY WA S HINGTON, Wed. Mr. Richard Nixon, Vice-President of the U.S., has been extremely busy since his return from Moscow reporting to members of the administration on bis encounters with Mr. Khrushchev before the Soviet leader arrives in Washington. Mr. Khrushchev, it is said,
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      ENGLISH-EDUCATED CAN MEET THAT CHALLENGE
      657 8 ENGLISH-EDUCATED CAN MEET THAT CHALLENGE JN his talk to the Singapore Union of Journalists on "The Englisheducated and the Future", the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. listed as a weak point of the Englisheducated the alleged fact, that they are "devitalised, almost emasculated, as a result of deculturlsatlon." Elaborating.
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      Mount Ophir: No difficulties at all
      161 8 READ with Interest re ports of the expedition by the Kallang District Rover Crew to the summit of Mount Ophlr. As I climbed to the summit recently. I wish to offer a word of advice to the Rovers. Reports of the hazards to be
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    And in Britain an air of quiet jubilation
    309 8 And in Britain an air of quiet jubilation Hy NORA BELOFF LONDON. Wed.— Although under the final arrangements President Elsenhower's visit to Britain (Aug. 28 to Sept. Z) is being sandwiched between trips to Bonn (Auf. 27) and Paris (Sept. 2-5) there is still an atmosphere of jubilation in official
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    403 9 Page 9 spotlights the highlights of yesterday's great event in Malaya's 11 states STRAITS TIMES STAFF REPORTERS i WOMEN of all races led the roads to polling stations yesterday— from Kaki Bukit, in the far north, to Johore Bahru, in the south, from Pulau Betong, a little
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    481 9 IN Xl ALA LIMPI'R. jockeys and race horse syces turned op at the St. Mary's Girls' School polling station after early morning track work. 9 REMARKED a syce from AY the Selangor Turf Club, Inche Omar bin Yusof: "It's time now to back the
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    2056 9 KEDAH and PERLIS Voting in Kedah and Perils was as brisk as during the two state elections before heavy rain fell and slowed down the trail to polling stations. It was. of course all. quiet In Kedah Tengah, the long narrow constituency which
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    STOCK INDICES
    22 12 Malayan Share Market: Ang. 1* Aag. 18 Industrials. 94.81 94.33 Tins: 107.78 106.95 S Rubbers: 145.89 143.01 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    891 12 The Malayan Share Broken' Association reported yesterday: "There was increased activity in the market and all sections were firm. The turnover was good." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fed. Disp. $1.03: FiUpatricks $!.03'i to $1.04; Fraser and Neave ords $1.41
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    RUBBER PRICE ADVANCE STILL GOES ON: SHARES FIRMER
    551 12 RUBBER PRICE ADVANCE STILL GOES ON: SHARES FIRMER By Our Market Correspondent THE rubber price in Singapore yesterday continued its climb and at one stage of trading was taken up to $1.09± for September first grade. The official close was half a cent lower and the unofficial close unchanged on
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 12 September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 108% cents per lb., up half a cent on Tuesday's price. The closing tone was quiet: Closing prices in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 111. seller- 1114; Int. 1 R.S.S.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    118 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent August/September shipments $364 buyers, $37 i sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $57 sellers, arum $584 sellers. Pepper: steady; about 80 ions of black pepper were reported done yesterday, Muntolc white $160. Sarawak $159 (both up
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 12 SINGAPORE. AUG. 19. RUBBER: $I.oB} per lb. (up half a cent). TIN: $400,371 per picol (up 25 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 150 tons (down 5 tons).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    154 12 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT shares maintained an overall steady tone here today. Homes rose Is. to 725. Exception was the easier hire purchase section. I.A.H. lost a lurther Is. to close at 16s. Base metais continued on a firm tone. Mt. Im and MV Lyell both Improved a further
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    S PORE SHIPPING
    276 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Drente 1/2, Sedenak 3, Jagvijay 4 5, Noreverett •A. Lloyd Bakke 6/7. Benwyvls 8/9, Rothensteln 10/11, Cardiganshire 13/14, Bencleuch 15 16, Zeeland 18. Mltaka Maru 19. Senal N.Wall 1. Tong Leong N.Wall 3. Olang Lee N.Wall
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    94 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 7/16. 0.0. 31 9 16. 90 d/st 32 credit bilk. 32 1/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 1 16; French
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      509 13 SITUATIONS VACANT it Word* Si (Mi*.)— Box it et*. extra REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY a Junior Lady Stenographer with Knowledge of office routine. Apply in own handwriting stating salary required to P.O. Box No. 2801. Singapore. WANTED, costing /billing clerk by well established motor import firm. Knowledge of motor vehicle essential. Apply
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    Williamson can land a double
    1014 14 RACING with EPSOM JEEP JOCKEY Bill Williamson, who leaves on Saturday for Melbourne, looks certain to score at least a winning double at Kuala Lumpur today. His best mounts are Winged Warrior (Race 3). Too Much Money (Race 6) and Film Goer (Race 7). Too
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    1140 14 1 SECOND DAY AT *-n m i i KUALA LUMPUR Race 1—2.30: (Class 5, Div. 3) Abt. 7 Furs. 1 ***** The Whistler lUm <b Chla) Teh, 7 9.0 (F) Maw. 2 ***** Maha Ranee (M. Lakshimi St.) Teh, 9 8.9 (F) Moon 3 ***** Ffarwel Haf (Mdm Y.L. Hoon)
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    — THE BEST BETS
    32 14 THE BEST BETS EPSOM JEEP's best bets at Kuala Lumpur today arc Winged Warrior, Pulof Itam and Too Much Money. CALL BOY double is Dance Hall and Mori. THE COINC is good.
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    149 14 - i ii 1 1 Uce 1 2.30 Maha Ranrr Ffarwel Hai The Whlstlrr Fire Power r. h v Fire Power Pearl Snap Uce 2 M. NOTE Canopus Star Pepper Dealer P. DEALER t'ajtopux Star Mairic Note M. NOTE Producer Pepper Dealer 3.00 ftace 3 WARRIOR Malay Film Welsh King
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    14 top class stayers entered for Singapore Derby on Aug. 29
    869 14 gINGAPORE. Wed.— Fourteen Class 1 stayers have been entered for the Singapore Derby to be run over a mile and four furlongs at Buldt Timah on Aug. 29. A total of 191 horses will run at the three-day meeting
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    WONDER BOY'IN CEYLON TEAM
    337 15 WONDER BOY' IN CEYLON TEAM KHAN, 19, HOLDS 3 RECORDSALL SET IN ONE AFTERNOON KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. CEYLON's team of ten athletes who arrived here today to take part in the F.M.A.A.V. championships, include "wonder boy' A.S.M. Khan, the 19-year-old middle-distance runner. Mr. David S. Tambyah. manager and coach of
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    Muslims in 9-1 win
    80 15 DENANO, Wed. Muslim Recreation Club "A" trounced Tamilian* Physical Culture Association 'A" 9-1 in a First Division soccer match here yesterday. Both teams started with a man short but Mohamed bin Din joined the Musli.n side after 10 minutes. TPCa played with ten men throughout. Muslims,
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    36 ties on the first day
    47 15 PENANO. Wed.— The Penang badminton championships will begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday with 32 ties to be played on two courts at Han Chiang High School. There will be two sessions on Sunday, starting at 9.30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
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    Shell upset Metal Box in Cup tie
    176 15 SINGAPORE. Wed. Shell Sports Club upset fancied Metal Box 2—l to enter the final of the S.B.H.F.A. Junior Cup competition at Farrei Park today. Shell will now meet the winner of the Slngapor« Glass versus Singapore Traction Company semifinal, who drew 3—3 at
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    Louis beats champ to get revenge
    174 15 PENANG. Wednesday. T OUIS Barbosa of Kelawei Youths, who was thrashed 15-3, 15-1 by the Penang Junior champion, Tan Soon Hooi of Chung Ling in the quarterfinals of the junior championships last week had his revenge last night, beating Soon Hooi i7-H 6-15. 15-10
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    Walkover
    23 15 TAIPING, Wed. Pemuda Melayu failed to turn up for their Second Division soccer match against Town Council yesterday and conceded a walkover.
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    Lock icon BARE-BODIED FANS DEFY THE MCC
    423 15 I ONDON. Wed Five daring fans defied the lury of the MCC, England's cricket rulers, by sitting naked to the waist among the spectators at Lord's, cricket's London headquarters, yesterday. On Saturday about 30 bare-chested men enjoying the sunshine as well as the cricket at
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    A Malayan team should visit Borneo— coach
    464 15  - A Malayan team should visit Borneo— coach SAUL JOSHUA By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Borneo has some of the best athletes in Asia but their progress is hampered by lack of competition and good tracks. American coach Tom Rosandich, who has been a big hit with Malayans, said this today after
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    Lock icon ITALY SAYS: NO VISAS FOR CHINESE ATHLETES
    121 15 ITALY SAYS: NO VISAS FOR CHINESE ATHLETES ROMK. Wed.— ltaly has refused entry visas to Chinese and North Korean athletes for the World Student Games in Turin next week partly because neither country belongs to the International Olympic Committee, the Italian Foreign Office said last night. In a prepared statement,
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    Boys have a coach, says council official
    142 15 Boys have a coach, says council official SINGAPORE. Wed— A Singapore Schools Sports Council official said today that the 30 boys, who have been preparing themselves for the next Junior Asian Cup tournament in Rangoon, have been undergoing training under the charge of a leading Singapore coach and two soccer
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    More meets at Seletar planned
    101 15 More meets at Seletar planned SINGAPORE. Wed. The Royal Air Force Cycling Association plans to hold more massed-start races at the Seletar circuit here. A senior official of the association said: "As a result of the successful meet held on Aug. 9 at the Seletar circuit, the station commander. Group
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    Airmen lose
    21 15 PENANG. Wed. Chinese Recreation Club beat R.A.F. Butterworth 3-1 in a friendly soccer match on Victoria Green here today.
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    Sappers are champs
    129 15 Sappers are champs SINGAPORE, Wed. Royal Engineers. Alexandra, won the inter-team cup at the Singapore Base District swimming championships at Nuffield Pool today. Royal Engineers scored a total of 43 points. First Battalion, 22nd Cheshire Regiment, were runners-up with 33 points and RASC third 28 points. The best individual performer
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    Seoul to bid
    25 15 SEOUL. Wed. The South Korean Athletic Association has decided to make a bid for the Fifth Asian Games In 1964 for Seoul.
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    Tuck Choy to lead Perak vs Kelantan
    142 15 Tuck Choy to lead Perak vs Kelantan TPOH. Wed.— Perak. the North zone winners are confident of victory in their return Malaya Cup inter-zone final against Kelantan. the East Zone winners here on Saturday. Perak. who were surprisingly held to a I—l draw by Kelantan at Kota Bharu last Friday,
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    Lock icon League shares pools gain
    68 15 PRESTON. Wed. The English Football League yesterday made its first move towards sharing out the anticipated $2,400,000 receipts from the football pools firms among the 92 clubs in membership of the League. The clubs have been told "as a temporary measure" to discontinue sending the four
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    29 15 SAIGON. Wed. The South Vietnam Armed Forces will send a combined side to Malaya's Merdeka soccer tournament in Kuala Lumpur at the end of this month.— Rtuter.
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    33 16 MADAM LIM SIEW KHENG aged 69 years passed away peacefully at 720-N Upper Serangoon Road on 19 8.59 at 2.34 a.m. Cortette leave-- above residence at 5.00 p.m. on 21 8.59 I
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    313 16 LONDON. Wed —Stock markets in London tocay were stiong and nctive for the start of a new :ortnlghtly account. After a very large buMness was transacted gains were widespread and in many cases substantial under the lead o>' industrial I equities. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not
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    21 16 LONDON. Wed.— Buyers. £792 i s*Uers £793. Forward buyers £792',, sellers £793, Settlement £793, Turnover ajn. 65 tons, p.m. Nil.
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    156 16 LONDON, Wed. Close of play scores in today's cricket matches were: WORTHING: Sussex 274 (K. Suttle 108. P. Tyson five for 64 1 versus Northamptonshire. LORDS: Royal Air Force 116. The Army 191 (J. Fawkes 47). Two-day match. DOVER: Ken i 11 (A. Brown five for
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