§ 29. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what has been done up to date to settle squatters in Malay; and what has been the cost.
§ Mr. CookOn April 30th about 220,000 squatters had been resettled or regrouped, about half the total number to be dealt with. Expenditure to that date was 27 million Straits dollars, excluding the cost of new police stations and administrative overheads. Resettlement of squatters is just about complete in the Southern States, which have priority under the Briggs Plan. A parallel operation to resettlement, namely, the regrouping of estate labour, is proceeding concurrently.