HC Deb 26 July 1950 vol 478 c64W
92. Mr. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken by the Government of North Borneo to find the labour necessary for the development of the Colony.

Mr. J. Griffiths

A great number of possible sources of immigrant labour for the development of the Colony have been under investigation for some time. During the past year a few hundred workers with their families have been recruited from Singapore, Sarawak and the Cocos Islands, and it is hoped to recruit further from these sources as well as from Java.

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