THE COLOMBO PLAN

Malaya and British Borneo (continued) Number Total cost during of Description 1951-57 Projects (Ml million) SOCIAL CAPITAL Education The education programme aims at providing free, universal and compulsory education for children of school age by 1960 51 -8 Medical Programme: aims inter alia at increasing hospital accommodation by approximately 3,000 beds 59-0 5 Housing designed to ease the acute shortage 89-0 Extensions to Municipal water supply 35-1 Land reclamation and development 28-2 Sewerage development 17-4 North Borneo. —List of Projects covered by the Development Programme, 1951-57 AGRICULTURE (including Irrigation and Forestry) 11 Schemes for hemp disease control, agricultural and paddy experimental stations, soil survey, tobacco investigation, mechanical rice cultivation, irrigation and other agricultural developments. The plan also provides for the establishment of a veterinary department with laboratory facilities and quarantine stations, a stock farm, and improvement of pig breeding. Provision is made for fisheries, forestry surveys, and silvicultural operations... 8-5 COMMUNICATIONS 6 Ports and harbours—reconstruction and development of wharves in permanent materials in the main ports and harbours of the Colony, e.g., Sandakan, Labuan, Jesselton, Kudat, Tawau, Lahad Datu and other smaller ports 3-4 1 Government vessels—a fleet of Government vessels will be purchased to facilitate travel either by sea-route or along rivers 0-6 5 Aviation—the plans for aviation include development of airfields at Labuan, Jesselton, Sandakan, Tawau, the construction of smaller airfields for use by " feeder " aircraft at isolated places and the provision of ground organisations, buildings, fire fighting equipment, &c. ... 1-4 1 Roads—the plan comprises construction of some 112 miles of new road as a first priority, a further 260 miles as a medium-term policy, and thereafter a further 350 miles. The plan also includes provision for introduction of up-to-date mechanical equipment, e.g., tractors, bulldozers, graders, &c 7-0 1 Railway—the plan comprises replacement of the main section of the line from Jesselton to Beaufort with 60 lb. rails, and strengthening of all bridges and embankments accordingly and procurement of further rolling-stock... I*9 1 Telecommunications—scheme for general improvements in the telecommunications system 0-3

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