the Colombo Plan
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Tecting S. Pacific
Inst Asia?
[?]re Millions for the Colombo Plan
DER the Colombo Plan, Aus ralia already has spent about 20 million in gifts to Southeast i countries (India, £6l m.; ;tan, £6l m.; Indonesia, £li and has now committed her to the expenditure of another n. (£4 m. to India, £5 m. to tan, £250,000 to Malaya, £150,000 >uth Vietnam, and the balance Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, ia. Ceylon and Indonesia). jtralia now has about 220 ex technicians serving under the in those countries. iut 850 Colombo Plan trainees, the Asian countries, are ing in Australia, in addition to private students from the Asian ries and the Pacific Islands. )MMENT—There is increasing ur in Australia because the •nments are not providing h funds to build enough houses :e care of the growing popula- In the ultimate analysis, Aus s only real defence against are good Australians, bearing £32 million could provide a new Australians with houses supply them with weapons, illion spent under the Colombo accomplishes practically noth-