Word: malaya
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...most of the world's new nations, expropriation and nationalization of private businesses are a constant threat. But not in Malaya, whose rubber-based economy has become the most solvent in Southeast Asia. Malaya's success stems from a rare Asian combination of government realism and business flexibility. Wisely its five-year-old government has resisted the temptations of nationalization and left the country's 3.500,000 acres of rubber trees in private hands, even though nearly half are foreign-owned. The owners have responded by changing their colonial ways and backing the government's efforts...
Political parties: 7. Voters: 76%. Keen racial-political rivalry between Africans and old, elite Hova tribe from Malaya. Conservative, democratic President Philibert Tsiranana is one of ex-French Africa's ablest leaders...
...prevent Singapore from becoming an Asian Cuba off Malaya's coast and to stimulate the development of the backward Borneo territories, Malayan Prime Minister Tengku (Prince) Abdul Rahman last year proposed a sensible solution: the formation of a Malaysian Federation...
...Altruism. The Tengku's proposal would create a new independent nation of 10 million people with an area a little smaller than Japan. The federation would provide new political stability and end the "colonialism" propaganda issue, which has been a feeding ground for Communist growth. Malaya could use Singapore as a port instead of competing with it and could channel economic and technical aid into the Borneo territories with their rich oil and rubber resources. "There's not a single railroad track in all of Sarawak," says Abdul Rahman, "and not one road connecting any of the territories...
...chance of saving himself from political extinction in his fight with the Barisan Socialists is to maneuver Singapore into the federation as soon as possible. Under the terms he proposes, the island would maintain a certain measure of autonomy by controlling its own labor and education policies, would let Malaya provide for internal and external security. Communist subversion would therefore be the responsibility of Malaya's powerful and expert police system. Naturally the Barisan Socialists rant that Malaya's government is "reactionary, repressive and misguided." scream that the Malaysia Federation plan is a "sellout" that would make Singapore...