At their meeting in Johore Bahru on 9 February the members of the committee (then known as the Liaison Committee of Malay and Chinese leaders) had requested MacDonald to become the chairman of the committee but he declined, preferring to remain a neutral observer.
Among the early issues discussed at the preliminary CLC meeting in Johore Bahru in February 1949 were the economic position of the Malays (employment of Malays in industry; assumption of Malays to positions of responsibility in business affairs), the political relations between the Malays and non-Malays (such as the introduction of non-Malays into the Administrative Services) and the qualifications for federal citizenship.
Following the meeting of the CLC held in Johore Bahru on 14-16 September 1949 the committee circulated a statement of some of its general agreements with an inherent long-term perspective, the 'Agreed Views'.
1949, Johore Bahru (this first record of the CLC deliberations was referred to as 'minutes').
These leaders decided that one representative each from the Indian, Eurasian, Ceylonese and European communities should be invited for the subsequent talks in Johore Bahru to be held on 9-10 Feb.
In some countries, hypermarkets are popular even though car ownership is not high and most customers arrive on foot: the massive mega-malls of Manila, and
Johore Bahru in Malaysia are designed for pedestrian shoppers.
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Johore Bahru, Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia.
