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Singapore will now get limited representation in the Malaysian Parliament in exchange for local control over labor and education policies (which it needs to curb Communist influence). By Aug. 31, 1963, the British-run territories of North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei are to com plete the federation with Malaya and Singapore to form a 1.600-mile crescent around the South China...
...Malayans enjoyed a high (for Asia) per capita income of $113, v. $40 for neighboring Indonesians. And because of this strong economy, Malaya may well be able to expand. Last week Britain agreed to link the four remaining parcels of the British Empire in Southeast Asia−Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo−with Malaya to create the far-flung Federation of Malaysia by next summer. The federation stands a good chance of success because of Malaya's success with rubber...
Last week the Tengku was in London hopeful of hammering out the final details that would make his plan a reality. Britain has already tentatively okayed the federation, exacting only the promise that it could have continued use of its military base in Singapore. Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo have all indicated a willingness to join, mainly because it would give them their independence far sooner than they might otherwise have expected...
...give evidence of its quietly booming economy. But for some time Malaya has cast a wary eye at the spread of Communist influence directly to the south. On the island state of Singapore, Red-lining extremists threaten to topple the local government, and the British-run territories of Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo (see map) are prey to the expansionist aims of Indonesia's left-leaning President Sukarno...
...Ownership of Borneo, the world's third largest island, is also shared by Indonesia and the British dependencies of Brunei and Sarawak. North Borneo once belonged to the Filipino Sultan of Sulu, who let it go in 1878 for an income of some $1,500 a year. The Philippine government maintains that the Sultan was merely leasing his Borneo lands; the British indignantly reply that the territory was sold in perpetuity...