FIRST MEETING OF MALAYA’S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
SINGAJORE, February 24. Malaya’s first strong central Parliament —the 75-member Legislative Council of the Federation of Malaya, on which qll the nine Malay States and the former Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca are represented —met for the first time in the Federal capital, Kuala Lumpur, today. The High Commission (Sir Edward Gent) presided and the Minister of State for Colonial Affairs (Lord Listowel) was present. The Prime Minister of Johore (Dato Onn Bin Jafar), speaking on behalf of the Prime Minister of the nine Malay States, requested the Colonial Office to restrict to the minimum interference with the Government of Malaya. He added that the establishment of the Federation was the first tangible constructive move towards the creation of a self-govern-ing State destined to take its place among the free and independent nations of the world.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1948, Page 6
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