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Show The Salt Lake Tribune. Sunday, August 12 20. 1972 Malaysia Seeks to Improve Life in Its New Villages - When o EDITOR 5 NOTE Communist rebellion eruDted m Malaysia, families of Chinese de scent were rounded ud and herded into fenced rn towns called New Villages That was 2? years ago Now numbering more than the the Chi copulation of Cleveland nese stnl live in piank shacks and worry a guerrilla olagued govern ment 74 i k iI $- jpl i U'"F i! UMS'J'HoAi ;Mr1 L UitM . "k if YW J 5. 6 Ifc M "W By Mort Rosenbaum Associated Press Writer j , o; H - i & , featuring the full line of gas furnaces, gas fireplaces, gas logs and air conditioning. ilth' ymi 1? - ;l ... If ' Both stores of Heatcraft offer complete service in design & all brands planning, sales, installation, plus repairs and service for s largest is Utah of heating and air conditioning. Heatcraft contractor in residential heating and air conditioning. j Wf.awifc-- ' nTSEfanii- & Barbed wire fences enforce curfew al (liinese a TANAH HITAM. MALAYSIA British colonial officers uprooted a half million Chinese, moving them to rough temporary villages on a promise of permanent homes when a Communist rebellion was put down. That was 22 years ago, and the Chinese are.still waiting. They are mainly ( town. farmers, tail they have no land. Malaysian officials, now in charge, admit their living conditions are dismal. Today probably more than 800.000 live in the original confines. X, because Villages remained a lingering threat We must convince them our new programs are not more government eyewash, not empty promises." said Dr. Ltm Yaik, Keng thp physician named to the cabinet to improve the villagers lot. of If not," he added, thrusting a forefinger, "then its the etui of the road for these people. They will go up tc the mountain. We are very worried about that." The British devised the "New Village" system to get Chinese out of rural areas where they might aid the guerrillas. Trucks arrived at Chinese settlements and. with a few hours notice in many cases, families were bundles! inside and taken to HO fenced-ivillages where they were lent ,f home but no land Malaysia gained independence in 19.37 and. three years latei. declared the Communist emergency over But the New were one of these people, I'd be a bloody fool not to be a Communist," said one noted politician who ignores his prosperous business to organize party work in the villages e Recently Lim was appointed minister for New Villages, a new post. He is still to find out what money is available and whether state governments will lend the land he wants for the villagers. I New! Gas Fireplaces Add warmth, style and color to your home with a fireplace! See the many free standing fireplaces on display at Heatcraft. Easy to install in new or old homes. im said there is widespread discontent with the federal governments efforts so far because manv felt neglec New gas logs are completely realistic . . with the real look of a wood fire without firewood expense, without' the cleanup of burned ashes. See the newest at Heatcraft's two stores. There are free standing fireplaces designed for corners . . room cenHrs, room dividers. They are available for mobile homes, canyon homes . . . There are fireplaces for basements, main floor or attics. See them all at Heatcraft, .' . "We must have social and land reform," he said. "We must establish priorities and first roads, drains, . Rarely Help The new villagers, anoihet official said, will rarely help the government find, guerrillas because they are afraid to get involved or they feel the government has not earned then coopera improve sanitary conditions, health then we can worry about temples." . high-lev- . Lint says 1150 million should be spent on improving conditions for new villagers who make up nearly of Malaysia's total population. He wants to provide leased land for farming. Gas Logs;; Special Designs! Crges Reform turn. one-tent- h tour of some New Villages points up wliat a massive task he faces. In many, drams are A overgrown and clogged, causing continual flooding of the plank-sidshacks in which some families have lived fm two decades e End of the Koad "If of and many because feeling. contend, . And now, as remnants of the rebels who were pronounced defeated in 1900 continue pressure with guerrilla activity, there is a growing danger the Chinese disgruntled might defect. hinesc youths smile, but in dismal conditions. live In places where roidenl find work in rubber estates and factories, old homes are often replaced with concrete bungalows, and conditions are better. Enforce Curfew But in others life is de- pressing and hard, with most of the men wot king somewhere else, returning only on Chinese New Year or a few times during the y ear. ' The answer is not a propaganda campaign to vm over the villagers, he said, backing up Lim's approach, but ratligr. general improvement of condt lions. 123 East 3900 South Malaysia s touchy racial balance complicates the problem Malays, who were here first and who outnumber the Chi nese. often ask why money should be spent oil those who might have helped the Com' mumsts, 1975 West 3500 So., Granger 2 LOCATIONS Most of thp guerrillas were Chinese and received support from Chinese, they .argue. If Guerrilla ranks include 262-926- Its Classified 6 298-347- 5 ... Its Bona Fide Malays now but the argument is losing little intensity in some quarters. This tawdry settlement near Ipoh in the north is one of four around which barbed w ire fences were restoied to enforce a iiit few. 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