Word: kuala
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kuala Lumpur, a second young Englishman also became "one of them" last week: 19-year-old National Serviceman William Broadley, who chose the name Gopal Singh. His only doubt: Will he be able to grow a beard...
...Chin Peng. By sternly refusing recognition to Red China, he has kept Malaya free of Mao Tse-tung's swarming diplomatic and cultural missions. Last week the Prime Minister slammed shut the last window that permitted Red infiltration: the Communist Bank of China in his capital city of Kuala Lumpur...
...Malayan market at below-cost prices. Last week he rammed through the Legislative Council a bill decreeing that any bank operating in Malaya that is owned by a foreign government or on behalf of that government or any of its agencies, must cease operation within three months. Of Kuala Lumpur's 15 banks-British as well as Malayan-the only one to answer to all the specifications is the Communist Bank of China...
What was one of the soundest five-year plans in all Asia must now be curtailed. Originally, Malaya hoped to spend $361 million by 1960 for everything from better schools to an adequate port for Kuala Lumpur. Now all activity will be limited to projects already started...
JAMES A. MICHENER Kuala Lumpur, Malaya...