New Set Up In Malaya
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WHAT the Secretary of State for the Colonies described in the House of Commons on July 9 as “informal discussions of an exploratory character” have been going on between the Gov ernor-General of the Malayan Union and Singapore and the Malay Rulers, follow owinp- upon several proposals, put for ward with the Secretary of State’s authority, “designed to meet Malay feel ings.”
Early in July the Singapore Corres pondent of “The Times” reported “sub stantial modifications of the Malayan Union plan,” and stated that a Malayan Federation was to be substituted for the Malayan Union and a High Commissioner for the. Governor. He added that the Sultans had gladly accepted these pro posals.—CßOWN COLONIST.