5658 ASIAN RECORDEfT !'ebluary 5-11, 19&1

C. Progress Ot Steel Inilustry:Japan's steel production has expand-ed fourfold within the short span ofa decade and in 1963 the industryturned out 31 million tons of steei,ranxing the country together v,,ithWest Germany as the v'iorld's thirtllargest steel producer, behind onlyUSA and the Soviet Union, buteclipsing Britain and Flance.

This and other amazing records re-flecting the vigorous gIo-wth oI the Ja-panese iron and steel industry werecontained in a report issued recently bythe Japan Iron and Steel !-ederaiion.

Production during the flrst 11 monthsof 19t{} (Januar:i to November) totalled28,397,000 tons and, according to a surveyby the tr'ederation, inchlding the produc-tlon {or I)ecember, the toral output for19ri3 was given as 31,4C,C,0C0 tons, which isalmost equal to West Germany's estimat-ed production o-f 31,700,000 tons for theyear. On the basis oI clrrrent produc-tion, the industry expecis tirat Japan rvillhave outstripped West Germany for soleoccupation of third place by the citd olthe current fisca1 year ending in March,1964.

A graphic idea of the extent to rrhichthe industry has grown can be seen frornthe productior'I figure jor 1953 \'rhich u,asonty 7,622,161 torc. The 1963 productioilflgures (31 million metric tons of crudes1eel, 20 milllon metric tons of pig-irr:nand 25 million rnetric tons of hot rolledsteel inciuding special steel) representaI increase of 13 to 1.8 per cenr" over1,hose of 1962.

The report notcd that in 1939 Japnnh5'passed !'re11ce (stee1 p]'oduction eva-luated in terirs of crude steel) aird thatrt1 1961 it surged airead of the UrlitedKingdorn. No1\'. another tu-o I ears laier1i1e Japarlese lndustry is on a par lviththat of West GermanJ,' and on the pointof moving ahead of West Germany tostanC next only to the two leading giants.

TIle tremendous grolvth is creditedlargely to the insatiable domestic demandgeneratecl by the rapicl e-\pansion of theJapanese economy.

Exports also continued to show a steadyincrease, tl:anks to improved quality andlower cost brought about by strearnlinedproduction methods,

(The Hindu, Madras)

D. Floating Fair: The JapanIndustry Fioating Fair Associationhas announced that the lifth FloatingFair urill visit 11 European countriesnext Summer.

This rv-ill be the first European rrisit fcrJapan's Floating Fair since the program-me was initiated in 1956. It wilt also bethe first time for the ship to bring itsexhibits to tlie industrialized uations ofthe world,

I'he purpose ol this mission is to in-troduce to Europe the natr.lre of Japan'sindustrial develountcnt through exhibi-lions and disp.liys of heavy and lightmachinery, durable consumer goods, tex-tiles, and general merchandiile-al1 ex-amples of the high Ievels of Japan'stechnological achievemenis.

Representatives of the exhibitors willbe on board to give infolmation anclanswer visitors' qifestions.

A secondary purpose is to display vari-ous aspeets of Japanese life today throughthe medillm of diagrams, models, andphoto exhibits.

Japan is the first ccuntry tc design andbuild a ship for this purpose. The 12,200-ton Sakura Dlaru, commissicned in Octo-ber, 1962, was constructed at a cost ol€2? million, and all materials used, fromengines and instruments to tableware andfurnishings, were manufactured in Japan.

fn other \ rords, the vessel reilresents thsbest of Japanese industrial techniques.

The Floating f'air's flrst trip v"'as toSouth-East Asia in 1956; the second, toLatin America, in 1958-59; the third, toOceania, in 1960-61; and the fourlit, tothe Near East and Africa, in 1962-63.

(Fat East Trade, LonCon)

E. Diseovery Of Antidote IoNicotine: The discovery of ananti-nicotine medicine, rvl-rich isclaimed to be capahle of curing nico-tine poisoning and of helping thekid-neys neutralise nicotine enteringthe body through smoking, has beenreported by a meclical researchgroup.

The medicine, developed bt a grorrp oiexperts of the Nihon University hospitalin Tokyo, was stated to have heipcd tocomplete recovery over 15C patients suffer-ing from nicotine poisoning vr'ho weretreated with it. Ail the patients tverestated to have recovered in one to four\'/eeks on daily doses oI hai{-a-gram aithe medicine in potvCer form with littlecr 11o side-efTects.

Dr. Kichiro Imamoto, onc of the expeltsresponsible for the discovery, was quot-ed as saying that the medicine not onlycures nicotine poisoning, but st:imulateskidney {unctions and neritlalises the rflai-effects of nicotine.

No name was given Ior the medicine,Ilor was its composition revealed becauseof pendinq patent applications in Japanas [-e1] as in the United States and Bri-tain. Ho\r'ever, Dr. Imamoto said it wasmade of several ingredients extractedfrom b:rks and roots rvith pine resiil asl: ase.

\!ork on the anti-ilicotine drug u'.isstarted in 19-19 and posii:ive results ob-tained several years later. Subsequentll/,eaperiments were carried out successfullyon animals {or seven years befol'e beingrlsed on humans. It lvas stated that themedicine can be sdrninistered in any form-orally or by injection. ft can even besprayed $/ith good effect on tobacco be-fore smoking.

(The Hindu, Madras)

LA.OS

A. Accord 0n Temporary Shift-ing Of Capital: The neutralistPrime Minister, Prince SouvannaPhouma. and his half-brother andleader of the teft-wing Patiiet Lao,Frince Souphanouvong, agreed onJanuary 2L thal Government organsand offices should be temporalil;rshifteC to the Royal Laotian capitalof Luang Prabang from the adrninis-trative capitai of Vientiane.

It had been decidcd bv representativesof the two Prlnces earliel. that LuangPrabang should be neutralized and de-militarised and a mixed police Jorce setnp there to maintain law and order.

This decision was the first significantstep taken by the neutraiist and Lett-wing leaders to implement the 1962 Ge-neva Agreement which calls for the for-mation of a national coalition Governmeniof the neutralist, Left-wing and nightistfactions.

Prince Souvanna Fhouma returned toVientiane on January 2C from Sam Neua,headquarters of the Pathet Lao forces,after reaching the agreement with PrinceSouphanouvong. News of the agreementwas broadcast by Pathet Lao Radio.

The two Princes also agleed that allLaotian problems should be settled on the

i

basis oI thc 19G2 Gencva Aqreement an:other accords reachecl among the tirr::factions.

Princc Soupl)anouvoltg anrl his I\ILf--siers ancl Slate Secrclnrics u ill go . -l.u:ing Prabang a{ter its neutralizati"on i:participate in the coaiition Governmeli.

Before the Government organs are mcf-ed 1o Lrr:lnq Prabang, a ..summit, co:-lcrcllcc of lJlc tu c priuccs and the Rig!.-:-win€ _leader, Gen. phoumi Nosavan, iviLbe l_teld "to exanline ancl discuss ways c:implemeuting the Agreement.,,_ Tlrc neul.raiist arrny lcader, Cen. Ko[;!ac.-anci his Pat'ret Lao caunterpart, Ge::lSingkapo, will continlle to horld discus-sions on 1l)c Plaill ot Jaas to enc[ ilrc sno-rrdic clashcs il'f,1 have i:ce:r going'o:batltecn the two sides.

- A provisioltal Laotiau Government ojNational Union u'as formecl in the pl:ino{ Jars orr Junc 11, l!]Sl, and \l-as sr-or:--in by Kirrg Savang Vc11hf,na in V.icntiar-eon iune 23. It consists of prince SouvannaPhouma (Premier), prince SouphanouvonEand Gen. Piloumi Nosavan - (Vice-pre'jmicrst, Bes.idcs Prince SotrvanilJ plroum:,.tlre neutrrljst group conststs of cighl XIi,r-islcrs nltd lhrce Sccreiari.s oi StJLe, whilcthe L,eftis+, arld Rightist factions haretwo Ministers and two Sccretariss of Stateeich besidas 1ltci1. ierriet.s.. Fr ircc Souplianouvong a)td his grotip.Iio\\'crcr. ieiltscd 1o parljcipale in 1]:ecotl(1run Go\erilment bccruse of the se-cirrity situation in Vientiane. Thev de-manclcd the ncutraiizrl ion oI the iaoitalas I condiLiol 10r ilrcir',ioining the Got--einlrent.

Ncrr,r that agreement ltas been reachedon the neutralization oI Luang prabang.the e{iective functioning of the coaiitionGotrernment altd the iruplementation ofthe G€neva Agreement rviJ]. become possi-ble. althollgh there arc still many hr"lrdlcstc be crossed.

(Tlte Tim,es af Indxa, Nev; Delhi)fPrev. r-ef. 5648:LAO:A]

LEtsANON

A. Eurotrlean And .dmericanFirms Blacklisteal: It was announ-ced in Beirut otl January 12 that 20European and American firms hadbeen blacklisted for violating theArab trade em'oargo against Israel.

I'r:ench singing and film star JulietteGreco, Itaiy's singer Marino Marini andBritish composer Tony Charles were alscdeclared persona non grata and barredfrom entering Lebanon, The showing ofthe films and the sale of the records ofthese stars'lvere also banned.

The l-.usiness firms were bo-vcotted be-cause they u,ere said either to have tradedealings with Israel or represented IsraeliIilms and the film stars rvere blacklistecibccause they reportedly contributed toIsraeli oi: Zionist organizations.

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MALA.YSIA

.4. Conclitions For "Suntmit"Talks: Commenting on the Su-karno-Macapagal statement issued atthe conclusion of their talks in Mq-nila on January 11 (see page 5648),the Malaysian Deputy Prime Mini-ster, Tun Abdul Razak said on Janu-ary 12 that Malaysia would agree to

ASIAN RECORDEB,5659

l:bruarY 5-11, 1964

. 1e1,v South-East Asian "summit":ii-"

* - u ith Indonesia aud thc

--,-''ti"-"n.s only if ccrtain rssuran-: "'i[i"-.ei""ti

b"fo'" the mceting'-:.rl Rf,zak's statement took the [orn] of-",i"'.iti.". nosed to thc leadcrs of the

- -..lilitilJ anh Indoncsia' 'rllev wcie::."= ti.is mean that the two countries

u, , n-,iir"'-"rvriiuvii" as an independent.: .':-:elgn State?

---s it mearl that Inclonesia agrees to: :-rN iiei botrcv of con{tontation so

, : lJ"*ilriili-"-olti o. held in an a1-- --- - :t'e of goodlvill?

:= iI rnean that Iildur)esia it pigqtlll- -l .r'." her trooDs massed along trlc

-,,i* *" sil-ah (NortiLBurneo) ar'cl

: :l< l: . r: :: mean that Indonesia qgrees to

' ]'er trooDs now engeged in oPe-' j";;,in -I\talaYsian ten'i1orY in::-i Sara'*'ak?

' -. -uld Indonesif, agree to- acceotl -l l)ation rcceptJble to -MalaysIa--- -:'".;'1" act f,s-a releree to ensute-:,:e-terms of the truce are strLCrly

.-, :..toustY carried out?

: :::r: "If we could be- aswe could ]le assured on all_ : ::-l: lI we suuru u!'- . -,:ts-noir.ing wou'ld rtlake us hap-: -::;-i; -ittena a new 'summit'. con-

,"..,=- j"v"rutii"-ind at anv time'"

-::aic Progress:

l-.-: Abdul Razak told the }Iouse- -:.:cresentatives on January 10: .' ,-- i.rtite of lndonesia's confronta-: :.:iiaysla was making good Pro-:a:- - ':'- that the Government ' cou1c11' ei'u

'mltlion cletclopmetrl p1g-reer shou'ed l\If,laystr's 401-

- ,,reii moncY into talrgiblc Pro-

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.:a llle Brilisll Govel'llment. j'; ,iirli* is a trant tuvrarcs

-l.t '"i- liii"vsian" delence' anci

. - =-;;";;1 {;r develonment of-.:rl"l. Jitliorgh oevbloPmerrt: -r t"rrviii t"Iellcd tco mil-

'- : ..i" "ineiience tl)eio NCuldIltrivlover ol' ahout 20 Per'- t. -r."-"said. so the f,ctual ex-

. , -'O- Ue about [55 r:li]lion'- --- ::rjt llalavsian Develop^ment' -- -. .r. .t as the protittct of l\Ia-.-.,-.-"-- ani rvouid inc'lucle not

. .ib;"it= but Irerv Proiecfs'= - :r- and SingaPorc llnancial- -::li'ure lar8it- in the Sara-

-.i te mei' lvitltout undne- ,,-, r,""a. SingaPore woLtld Pro-

in le-imbursement ol. :r.Jnt exPentliture in the

. ;' i. ,lno ;s' r!)c Iirsi irlstai-:-- j'ior the Eorlleo states'

| -- l'.::tes, Lonclon ancl The

" l :. Iinres, KttalaLnmPur;

PAKISTANll|ffi"lttx- 1.-r,i!11 : Constitution (First"**"i.r-.=t ' Bill Cornes Into,,ii-il,t-erfl

"r Agleement lVith

ilu*i* Lbji;,l Oi'position FrontTillit{ntltt]llx.l|g.t-

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Tilc Act, rvhich became opcrative lrom.r.,i,',i-rt"

"il, el)larges the iurisdiction ol'ilill'';;nrt.' toi rn"e enior'ement oI lrrei'.iio!i"".j"irr- ilcnt= ircorporated itr llreConstitution.

Thc First Amendment- 10 thc Constil u-rl."il"*-ni.ti u'as ad.opted by the Nationallii6mblv durjng its last seisron ln lrac-'rj,tf*'

i'. ;nlk' :t:', =l;Ll:",,t31',""# :iL'""r;i-n6 a'lt laws witl) a view to bri-ngingiri6^'lri],ioniormitv witlr the Hotv Quran,.ii''suii"ir.t;. Furthermore, tlre

"cottnci-Iiii ro-iuu"rit itq.progress r€porl.1or cacrr

"!rr"1" it "

Parliament for scrLllrny lJl'

]anuary 15.

In ille Principlg5. 6f. p6licv of the Con-stitulion a new prlnclpre his bee-n -aclded:,:ii;f,"i;"; down that no la\v shall be.re-ouini"i"t" tlle teachings and requlfe-ii.liit.'br Islam as set but in.ltre IIo]]'t';i';; ;;d-Snnnah anct lhat all existmsi;i.JJ'ir.Iii"rE brousht in coniot rIitv u itlriiilj'}t"jv Quran and srrnn'lr'

-,'^ -.*, Aot also abolislles tlre tribal".il'J ri,'"fr".i^-pa[iiian. A] ticle 242 ot tlICL'.',i&iiiiti.",'itl'lcn ea\e the extcnt ofi.Ib;i';i;;;l ha.s been .s' q'll"l'.911^'**;';";it;;".;id-t[e lribal areas irt the EastwinE. Thus Jurlsorcttutr ol.,the co-rlrts

c ii'ii X",o^ ilii", n-,!^51 t111.: 11.,ili:li

Wing.will be#it "rru'.ii".",i"? to the,.tribal - Slu;,u--.:i

stitution. (Datan, Karachi)

HJd,"t\friiiiliirreie lir the past FCR wasapplicable.

Mr. Khur:sheed Ahmad. Central Ministet'r.il"r-"*' ln i.

-Firli cmcnl a rv Aff ails'

--n h.u

made tllesc announcemenr< e L a Irc\\ s

i;i;i;.;;;;- in ?(arachi while explaininsitiu iie"in"o"t chattges made b]'the.Firsti;";a;;;i i; -t he^t-onslil ution' said that+u- .,,,', "m:rr v of LegislaluTe ir!d no\vir"-""riJ tn e;'.ab'lished Jact No moreh1n^f \vas redulreq ol Lrle collstitution:11lil^Y.:J.';T tr'j' -rtitionat Assembi)' \\'h ichii"i'i*E",iio tlie Constilrrlion in exerciseiri"tnt"i"inlitiiv ieste'I. il it underthcE;".iilrlL;. The couuirv' he maintain-E,ri."*'iJ'L"i.e rlrn on stricl'l.v <icmocratic1ines.

He alluded to anolher collseqrrence.oItni"ririi-"?.tnenoment- Hc said Jl'"i,i..i,iri,lnt' wri i4 the natttre of "atl;;ai;;]i;;'' by tlrc Lesislf,tLrre jn {xvouroI the courts'

He said tllat some critics, tlrough hope-r-lii.-i"-" -rninorjtv, llad slated that thei."ii"^,1*"it- constituted a "condemnr-i,'^;',; ;i'tli" Constilulion. This. lIc main-iLiilu.r]'*l,i-, -'mti llv baseless insinuation'in"-nrst Amendment abundsntly provedirjL- Jii*"ditri work-ins or the Constitu-l ion. It Nas n prooL or- tllc lrct that theEXiiitlr,itloit-"*[odied the change or Con-

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B. Barter Agreernent lVith Po-taia: - Pakistan signed in Rawal-

"inAi o, JanuarY I 1 a Bartel Agree-

[r""i iultr. Polaird for the export of

ru* -:irt" u"a chrome o]'e against

import of vehicles."rl1c two-wlv trade rvould amoulll to Rs'

.q oi,oicc.'"wiiiF the vf,lue ol ,e-Y-polts rrombii.lJti" would be Rs' i'2oo,ooo'

The vehicles to be imported Jrom Po-laic1 wout-d includc delivcrv. vans' moTor-

"v"i"s. fi"Y"t"s slld autocyCles'

(Dawtt, Karachi)

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C. Mr. A. W. Khan Sworn-in AsMin-ister Of Information Antliftoaacasting: Mr. Abdul WaheedKhan was sworn-in on JanuarY I as

Mlrriut"t for Information and Broad-

"uiii"C in the Central Government'

The oath of office was administered byPresident AYub Khan.

ur. A.T.II. Mustafa, the oqtgoing nli-nister. wil] continLle to be ]vlrnlsler 1orEducetion.

With the inclusion ot Mr' Abdu] -lva-treed ktran. there are six- Ministers,'tro.mwest Pakistan and Ioul lrom ElsL ritKr-stan.

(The Hind,ustan Ti,mes, Net' Delhi)

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D. Third Plan Approvecl BYNational Econornic Council: An ex-tremelv ambitious I'hird Five-YearPlan with an ouUay of Rs. 4,950 cro-res has been aPProved bY Pakistan'sNational Economic Council, whichmet in l(arachi under the chairman-ship cf President AYub Khan.

Tl..c Plan. sclledtrled to go into opera-fion from Julv t, I9S5, aims a1 jncreasingil#- r,iiio"ui income bv 3c per ccnt. an(iDer caDitt income by 15 per cent clld 1neilanneir' exDect tl)at Pal<istan' througll aIi,""c.irut i'mplemlntation of the Plan,*ir"la-lia"" iaken a giant step torvardscreation of a truly lvelfare State'

Thc estimates of total otrtlay trrgets.sectoral allolments, et(.. lrc only tenta-ilve ii rt,is stage, alld are likely to under-Eo various deerees oi modification during'[tre ne-rt 1B inonths befol e tl]e Plar istaunclieO. But it is evident that theevur iecime is intent on making a deler'rnined e?olt to extend the economicbase oI the coLlntry.

"fhe Erandiose chal"acter of 1lre P]atris bost-illustraled by taigets in tlle Sc-cond Plan now nearinq completion of itsfourlh vear. The tolat outlay o[ the Se-ccnd Plrn is onhr Rs. 2I J ctores. le'sthan half of the proposed outlay for tlleThir.l Plan. !ir.- Said Hassan, DepLltI'Chairman of the Planning Commissioutold newsmen on Janu-ary 14 that eventhouqh the foreiEn exchange comDonentof th:e Plan would be reduced to 30 perccnl, as compared wifh 43 per cent durirlgthe current Plan period. the actual re-quirement of foreign aid lvas too big tcradmit of any conplacency.

Or is it likely that the export earningmole or less is-strtic and would l'ise to:rready level so that Pakirtrn could fincn(cits Plan from its orvn earnings?

The main feature of the Third Planouiiine is the deliberate determlnation toi"""teiut. ttre rate of development i4 theEi.st Wing. Of the total outlav of- Rs'+,gfO crores, Rs. 550 crores hes beeltiiloiteo in lespect of plojecls in EastPakistan.

The long-term goal is to complete theremoval <ii dispaiities betrveen the t\\Dwiiili-tv l9B5. rnduslr:v Fcts a lion'sshar"e of 30 Der ccnt oi the lotal olltlay'and it is exdected that five million morejobs lvill be created'

In the proposed Plan, flast Pakistanwill have h total share of l-ts. 2'55C croresand West Pakistan Rs. 2,400 crores" Theiliin' oniective o{ the P.lan will be toincrease -thc national income by 30 percent. The proposed increase is 34 percent in Easi P6kistan and 27 per cent irlv/est Pakistan.

The nve million addilional iobs is ex-nected to absorb the current additions 1oi-n" tr-t our force during tlre Plan petiod.

Some of the other obiectives are tostrenEthen the country's balance of pa)'-mcntE nosition bv increasit)g exports'1o,n annual level ol Rs. 400 crores by 197q'compared wjth the existing 3nnual e4l'n-ings' ot Rs. 280 crores; to develop- basieinijustries for the manufacture of pro'au*t goods; to arrest the menacingJ""*1n 6f DoDulalion bv tal<ing Cecisive'dteos towarils population eonlrol: 10 m€kelutjitantiat pro-grbss tovrards the estoblish-ment of a welfere Stlte; and 10 removetransDort bottlenecks in a'll cases lvhereinev msv be inhibiting ecosomic growth'

(Daun, Karachi)

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