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[20/10/65] The Malacca Municipal Council has authorised its budget subcommittee to look into the possibility of suspending councillors’ allowances due to the council's ongoing financial difficulties.

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[20/10/65] Penang police believe they have smashed three major illegal betting syndicates in the city following a series of raids today in which four arrests were made.

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[20/10/65]* Tun Abdul Razak has warned that Premier Lee “alone must be held responsible” if an outbreak of violence should result from his remarks about the Sultans.

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[20/10/65] Sabah has warned that action will be taken against traders who raise prices on domestically-manufactured goods without justification.

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[20/10/65] The Malaysian Alliance National Council has denied receiving any request by the Tugau United People's Party to join the Alliance.

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[20/10/65] Reports from Jakarta monitored in Malaysia now indicate that D. N. Aidit is not in custody as previously claimed.

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[20/10/65] Transport Minister Dato Sardon Jubir has described the Matahari “taxi war” as “a disgrace to the new International Airport” which is “only serving the self-interest of some people.”

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[20/10/65] Two thousand people gathered in Seremban today for the wedding of Ipoh Municipal Council president Dato S. P. Seenivasagam and Danapakia Devi, daughter of the president of the Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Association.

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[20/10/65] Tun Abdul Razak has criticised the National Shooting Association for its request for $30,000 to prepare a range at Subang: “[T]hey do not seem to show any interest in the Games. They are making no effort to help themselves.”

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[20/10/65] The High Court in Singapore has sentenced Usman Mohamed Ali and Harun Said to death in connection with the MacDonald House bombing on 10 March.

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[20/10/65] The SUPP has rejected allegations by former member Charles Linang, who defected to the Alliance yesterday, that it had failed to work for the interests of the natives.

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[20/10/65] The Perak State Education Department has ordered all schools to enforce a strict code of discipline and crack down on truancy in response to recent allegations about vice rings in Kuala Kangsar.

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[20/10/65] The Public Daily-Rated Electrical Workers Union has expressed its support for the PDREUF's president, K. Suppiah, and secretary, S. M. Idroos.

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[20/10/65] Tun Abdul Razak on the possibility of a unilateral declaration of Rhodesian independence: “It may be that we will have to treat Mr Smith's Government like the South African Government.”

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[20/10/65] Japan Air Lines has announced plans to expand operations in Southeast Asia. The airline is to negotiate with the Malaysian Government in hopes that restrictions on passenger loads between Hong Kong and Singapore may be lifted.

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[20/10/65] The Education Ministry has issued a reminder that standing regulations on the choice and sale of textbooks exist to prevent unnecessary or excessive expenditure from the frequent change of textbooks.

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[20/10/65] Acting Chief Justice of Singapore Tan Ah Tah today admitted his son Tan Cheng Guan to the bar.

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[20/10/65] Welfare departments throughout Malaya are now on alert for floods following several weeks of heavy rain.

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[20/10/65] A “United Malaysian Malaysia Chinese Organisation” will be formed soon. Though no details were immediately available, it is understood that the person behind the party is Seremban independent Chin See Yin.

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[20/10/65] The Organising Council for the Third SEAP Games has approved a list of admission charges for events ranging from 50 cents to $5.

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[20/10/65] Singapore's Primary Production Department today raided a shophouse in Chinatown to seize 1,700 katis of unlicensed pork which was unfit for human consumption.

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[20/10/65] Rubber tree planting in Sabah has slowed down due to a shortage of tappers in the State.

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[19/10/65] A sergeant and inspector died in a shooting at the Bau police station this afternoon in an incident which is provisionally being classified as a murder-suicide.

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[19/10/65] Seremban police seized 46 bullets from a house at Rahang Kechil early this morning. It is believed they belonged to a gang from Malacca operating in the area.

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[19/10/65] A police corporal has been detained along the Malacca-Batu Berendam Road 20 hours after the fatal shooting of another police corporal and a taxi driver last night.