25-9-75

Discipline: New Rules for the University of Malaya

Any University of Malaya student found guilty of an offence under the disciplinary rules released today, may be fined up to $200, suspended from any faculty for a period or expelled.

The University of Malaya (Discipline of Students) Rules 1975 covers general, hostel and road traffic discipline.

Some of the rules are, they must not:

1.	Disrupt or intefere with teaching, study, research; by or under the direction of or with the permission of the university;
2.	Prevent, obstruct or intefere or cause to be prevented, obstructed with any officer or employee of the university or any person acting under his direction from carrying out his work, duty or function.
3.	Prevent or obstruct or cause to prevent or obstruct any student from attending any lecture, tutorial or class.
4.	Organise, incite or participate in the boycott of any examination, lecture, tutorial or class.

Students must also not absent themselves from lectures, tutorials or classes except with prior permission or on 'reasonable' grounds.

The rules also prohibit students or organisations from convening, holding for organising any assembly of more than five persons in the campus without prior permission of the vice-chancellor.

They cannot own, use, have or control any loudspeaker, hailer, amplifier or similar appliance unless authorised by the vice-chancellor.

Publication of student documents will need the vice-chancellor's permission.

The rules also cover students activities outside campus such as work or trade considered undesirable and communication with the public or the Press.

It is understood that disciplinary rules for other university will be published soon.

(N.B. Students must be aware that the position of the vice-chancellor is to be appointed by the Minister of Education, in other words, the university is now under the indirect control of the Minister. The autonomy of the university is no more in existence.)

22-9-75

Mobil Dealers Begin Boycott

The banners and caricatures go up at Guam Tong service station in Farrer Road and also at 32 others of the 39 Mobil stations in Singapore.

The 33 dealers are refusing to sell Mobil products from today in protest against the oil company's alleged "victimisation" of Guam Tong.

"Our boycott will go on indefinitely", said the chairman of the Singapore Mobil Petrol Dealers Association, Mr Lawrence Lee late last night.

"However, other services such as repairing and servicing of cars will continue as usual."

The boycott follows the expiry of an ultimatum to Mobil two weeks ago to withdraw their proposed cancellation of Guam Tongs franchise at the end of the month because of poor sales.

Mobil has denied the charge of "victimisation" and said it had offered the Farrer Road dealer six-month contract with steps to help improve his management performance.

Mr Lee of the dealers' association said, "Most contracts are usually for one-year periods. I don't see why the association should accept a six-month extension.

(N.B. Earlier, speaking at a press conference to announce the boycott, Mr Lee quoted a Mobil letter which said that the dealer had enjoyed an annual growth of 1.9% between 1969 to last year.

The Mobil letter however, described the dealers performance as "hardly encouraging" when compared to the 7.7% growth in fuel sales of other service stations during the same period.)