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Q O o o o o o MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFO, ORE. Q 0 C: THURSDAY, JANUARY S, 1961 r ,v . - ' Lvy ' , " - . . -w 0 ' ;.'" v; . . r-$k r J--i ' WW FUN ON A SLED - Oh, what fun it is to go flying down a welcomed more than an Inch of now In the city this week, showy hill on a fast sled. These Memphis, Tenn., youngsters (UPI Telephoto) Malaya Economy Diversifying Kuala Lumpur, Malaya-IUPII -Malaya is now in its fourth year of independence and bright hopes of reducing the nation's almost total reliance upon its tin and rubber indus tries. Historically, the Malayan economy has been ruled by the prices brought by tin and rubber. A depression in either industry has resulted in wide spread unemployment and a general slackening of business to the detriment of the entire nation. The Malayan government hopes that by industrializing and waging a campaign to im prove the efficiency of the nation s 460,000 farms, its de pendence upon tin and rubber will, be lessened. The agricultural program is the nation's No. 1 concern. A five-year rural develop ment program is now being worked out. It will include the opening of new lands, pro viding electricity for all rural areas and the establishment of a more diversified crop structure. Through use of advanced methods, Malaya now expects to become self-sufficient in rice production within three to five years. Presently the nation produces only slightly more, than 30 per cent of Us rice nccas. And by Improving other agricultural methods, general food production will be brought to a level where imports-will be greatly reduced. I The result of this, speaking Abdul Rahman would seem to in broad terms, will bring greater income to rural dwell ers, increase their buying power and generally raise their standard of living, Malaya now has an annual per capita income of $250, one of the highest in Asia. Be cause of the nation's vast natural resources, its foreign credits are more than double its foreign liabilities. Malaya's rural development program has been a long time coming. The Japanese occupa tion and the 12-ycar Commu nist war both contributed to preventing Malaya's farm population from keeping abreast of the times. Now, the government feels, there is nothing standing in the way and it has promised to attack the project with all the energy with which it fought the Com munists. The industrialization drive lias been going on for some months now and the govern ment has granted pioneer sta tus to many and various types of industries. The pioneer sta tus frees firms from paying any income tax during their first five years. While attempting to entice both foreign and local in vestors to start Industries, the government likes to point out that' Malaya has the most stable government and econ omy in all of Southeast Asia. The Communists have been soundly defeated and the lib eral government of Tcngku have no competition worth noting. In short, the chances of industries being nationaliz ed are remote. Growing Market Other factors which make Malaya an attractive invest ment site are its growing mar ket, central location, stable currency and its communica tions. On the opposite aide of the ledger, Malaya docs not have a skilled labor force of any size and wages run higher than in most Southeast Asia countries. Since Malaya inaugurated us private industries program there has been a rush by many companies to be granted the tax-free preferential treat ment. Th amount of indus try has increased rapidly In the Kuala Lumpur area and there appears evidence of plenty more to cornel The gov ernment has set a target for capital investment over the next 10 years of $1 billion. Most observers don't feel this target is out of line, mainly because of the government's encouragement of private en terprise. Today, Malaya is in a most enviable economic and politi cal position in relation to her Southeast Asian neighbors. And from the evidence at hand, there is every indica tion that this position will be greatly improved within the next decade. If all works out, Malaya Salmon Don't Like Smell of Humans Vancouver, B, C. (Science Service) - If a human goes within smelling distance of a salmon, it will not swim up stream' to spawn, the Cana dian Fisheries' Research board has learned. - Scientists built a concrete ladder on a fiver so they could count and watch sal mon go upstream to spawn wnen a numan hand was placed in the water, the mi gration rate dropped from 34 fish to four fish each 10 minutes. Other odors tested did not disturb the salmon. U. S. scientists also observed that this was true for salmon in the Columbia river. At the Fish Facility Lab oratory at Bonneville dam, biologists noted that if a workman accidentally let his hand or foot drop into the water the salmon would not move for a half an hour or longer. 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