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...sleepy cities of Asia the Japanese bring the fast-paced temperament of Tokyo, and it is overwhelming. "No one can compete with the Japanese salesman," says a Chinese businessman in Taiwan. "If they don't finish talking business in the daytime, then they talk business at night." A Malaysian businessman notes bitterly: "Whenever we tell the Japanese that their prices are not right, they suddenly develop lapses in English and pretend not to understand...
...fighting mushroomed, the Tunku and Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak took power into their own hands. Parliament was suspended, as were constitutional guarantees. Total administrative power was taken by the newly formed, all-powerful National Operations Council headed by Razak, which proceeded to suspend publication of all Malaysian newspapers for several days. Arrests began. Ninety-three alleged terrorists were bagged in a swoop on a Chinese apartment building in Kuala Lumpur, and Razak reported that all Communists and known sympathizers were being rounded up. Razak and the Tunku blamed all the troubles on Communist China, which, they charged...
...trade with Singapore has grown to nearly $40 million, and the Soviets apparently would like access to the British naval base for their own growing Pacific trading fleet when the Union Jack is hauled down in 1971. In two short years, the Soviets have become the largest purchasers of Malaysian rubber. As the flag follows trade, they have opened an embassy in Kuala Lumpur. They are offering the Japanese the opportunity to share in the development of Siberia's natural riches; one deal concerning timber has already been made. In addition, the Japanese are building a canning factory that...
...announcement by the Tunku reiterating his determination not to stand for office after the next election - which leaves Tun Razak heir to the premiership. Next day Tun Razak got another gift: a biography of Winston Churchill. The life story of the great British statesman was given to the Malaysian statesman by Time...
Massive Effort. A ragged society seemed more likely not so long ago. As recently as 1965, political squabbles got Singapore booted out of the then three-year-old Malaysian Federation, and factories built to serve the federation's 10 million population fell on hard times. Then, rising unemployment among Singapore's 585,000-member labor force raised fears of a Communist takeover...