Position Of Chinese

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30154, 11 June 1963, Page 13

Position Of Chinese

(N Z Press Assn.—Copyright) NEW YORK. June 10 Cabinet ministers of the Philippines, Malaya, and Indonesia meeting in Manila are understood to have discussed .he problem of left-leaning Chinese ethnic minorities in their countries, the "New York Times” reported today.

A dispatch from Manila •aid the Indonesian Foreign Minister (Dr. Subapdrio) was reported to have questioned Malayan representatives closely about the status of the Chinese in fhe Federation of Malaysia which is due to be formed on August 31 The federation will be made up of Malaya. Sarawak. North Borneo. Brunei, and Singapore. Chinese form about 85 per cent, of the population • of Singapore. 40 per cent, in Malaya, and about 25 per cent, in the three other territories Indonesia and the Philipp nes have expressed concern at the risk of the spread of communism - through the Chinese settlers. Sources in the three-nation conference described the Chinese problem as one affecting all of South-east Asia Economic Power Both Indonesia and the Philippines have attempted to limit by law the economic power of the industrious Chinese minorities by limiting foreign participation in trade Malaya gives preference to Malays in Government appointments. The Singapore Government is predominantly Chinese but the Prime Minister. Le Kuan Yew. is an avowed.anti-Com-mumst The Malayan Government plans to prevent pro-Com-munists from among the Sing apore Chinese from penetrating the other territories of new federation This would be done by allowing each territory to enforce its own immigration policies Indonesia representatives were understood to have urged Malaya once again to postpone the formation of the federation, but the Malayan deouty-Prime Minister (Tun Abdul Razak) was reported to have refused