Word: sarawak
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...Stoically stowing away an on-the-run diet of rice trimmed with goat intestines, chicken heads and "thousand-day-old" eggs, Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver, 46, roughed his way by helicopter and Jeep through a 25-day, 10,000-mile tour of the Philippines, Thailand, Malaya, Sarawak and North Borneo to see how his troops were faring. He found them hard at work-so hard that at one Filipino hamlet he got a message from four volunteers saying: "Sorry, but we are too busy to see you." At another village, a volunteer proudly showed Shriver a pungent compost...
...rubber, 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...
...factories 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...
...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 with each other." But the Tengku was not being just altruistic about the Borneo lands; he wants their inclusion in the federation because, being non-Chinese, they would preserve the existing cultural balance and keep the Malay-Moslem population...