Servants For Soldiers
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) KUALA LUMPUR. March 13. The British War Office will dismiss 3500 Malaysian cooks and maidservants on March 31. From April 1 they will be employed by individual servicemen. This brings to an end more than six months of disputes and negotiation, during which the "amahs” threatened on several occasions to strike. They stayed at their jobs only on the pleading of the Malaysian Premier, Tunku Abdul Rahman. The amahs opposed transfer of their employment, saying it was an attempt to whittle down their privileges and evade claims. At the end of their service with the War Office they will get two weeks’ pay for every year of service, aid in getting new jobs, and a guarantee that individual soldiers will be ordered to adhere to a set of minimum conditions of service.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30390, 14 March 1964, Page 13
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136Servants For Soldiers Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30390, 14 March 1964, Page 13
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