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Hours Of Government
Offices Lengthened
SENT EVERYONE AWAY
THEN HANGED HIMSELF
Financially embarrassed, a Chinese tongkang owner, Tay Boon. Kak, decided to take his on life, in Singapore.
Waking up grieved and wor-" rlea on the morning of June 22, the sat with his wife and children
house without a word,
Standard hours in Government and ate his last breakfast. He offices in Singapore have been left the lengthened by one hour as from walked July 1. They were formerly from 9 am to 4 pm, says the Malaya Tribune...
Fresh instructions have been Issued from the Colonial Secre- tariat as follows:
to his boat and went straight into his cabine
*
Evacuation
Of Malayan Children
A lew hours later, he was found by his coolle hanging by the neck Mr. S. B. Palmer at the Federsi from F DERNI near his cabin Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur door:
raised the question of whether the The Acting Singapore Coroner, Government had considered ar- Mr. W. MacQuarrie, returned arangmg for children in England "The standard hours for attend- verdict of suicide at the inquiry. whose parents are in this country ance of the clerical and super- A tongkang coolle, Loke Teng to be evacuated to Malaya. visory staff at public, offices are Soon, described how be found Tay He said, "A number of parents from 8:30 am to 4.30 p.m. an Boon Kok hanging.
wish to bring their children out week-days and from 8.30 am, to "Boon Kot asked all of us to but and extreme difficulty in 1 pm on Saturdays. It is, how-leave the tongkang to enjoy our getting passages and making the ever. by no means intended that selves," said Teng Soon..
necessary arrangement. I suggest beads of offices shall be restricted We left but when we returned the Government might - explore to employing their officers during we found him hanging by the the position and enquire if ar- the hours prescribed by this in-neck. I loosened the rope" and rangements cannot be made with struction if public business neces-lowered him. He was dead.” the British Government and the sitates earlier or later attendance."
Malayan" Agent in London"
FOR TRAINING
The change in standard office hours affected by the above in- structions nas been occasioned principally by the necessity of re- leasing as many officers as possi- ble for training during the fortn- coming periods when the local forces will be embodied.
་
CHANGE BASIS
Mr. Hugh Fraser, the Federal Secretary, replied:
OF CALCULATING children this Government is
ASSESSMENT
landlords
"With regard to the question of
already in communication with the authorities in the United Kingdom on the subject. What the outcome might be I am not in a position to say.
of
Because certain Singapore collect rent from their tenants according to the Moha-
"The Agent of Malaya House," In order, however, to enaine medan calendar and pay assess said Mr. Fraser, "has signified his Government departments to con- ment to the Municipality accord-Iwillingness to do what he can tinue efficiently to discharge the mg to the ordinary Gregorian and the matter is receiving the many additional duties thrown calendar, a
committee of Muni- consideration
this Govern- upon them owing to the war, cipal Commissioners has decided these instructions will not cease to revise the present basis of as- to be effective at the end of the
sessment. training periods referred to above but will continue in force until circumstances Justify their being rescinded.
LEAVE CANCELLED
ment."
This revision will be made Municipality will, in the next lists. In preparing the assessment calculate the assessment for these ilst for 1941 and it is fels that particular landlords houses on the this will end the anomaly. basis of 12.1/3 months rent yearly. Landlords who collect rent When adoption of this revised In order that as many Govern- from their tenants according to basis of annual assessment was ment officers as possible max the Mohamedan calender get 37 agreed to by the committee it was receive their continuous training months rent for every 38 months added that it would be dependent on the fact that there was no with the local forces, all vacation of the Gregorian calendar. leave is suspended until further ¦
A "PROFIT"-
legal difficulty. notice and approval of such leave Their assessment, however, nas to officers who have not yet left hitherto been calculated accord-June 17, the legal aspect has been Malaya is cancelled.
Ing to the Gregorian calendar, so examined and it has been found does that they make a "profit" of one that no difficulty exists to prevent every the Commissioners adopting the month's rent assessment three years
revised method of assessment ΤΟ settle this anomaly the (Malaya Tribune).
The suspension of leave not apply to lady medical officers, matrons, nursing and public health sisters, and European mis- tresses, or to any officer proceed- ing on leave prior to retirement.
Since this decision was made on
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on
Mr. T. C. L, Westbrook has been appointed Director of the Aircraft Civil repair organisation,
Mr. Westbrook was general manager of Vickers Armstrong's works at Weybridge until a month ago when he resigned and the 5,000 workers employed there threatened to strike in conse- quence
He is 40 and had been connect- ed with Vickers since he began work at 16. He turned out the hrst Spitfire, and constructed the Schneider Trophy winners of 1929 and 1031.
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