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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol. 37, No 21. August 28, 1974

Malaysian storm over Vic

Malaysian storm over Vic.

Comrade Roger,

The political forecast for this weekend is imminent Malaysian storms over Victoria. Forum seminar, masks, eggs and broken windows will ensure a red hot recipe to jolt Malaysian affairs into life again. These events promise another battle front for rightists, leftists and liberals to crossfire, hack, curse and sue each other. Even the most apathetic of the Malaysian students can't avoid raising their eyebrows in awe or grunt their approval.

Whatever the aftermath, the events of August 30 and 31 will be the greatest ever, of unprecedented scale and impetus in the history of Malaysian students in NZ. Our Kiwi friends who devote great efforts and time to organise these events could only be appreciated by our unreserved support and full attendance on these two days.

White the atmosphere is electric, MSA top executives remain timid as ever, probably burying their heads into the sand. So far, there isn't a word about their participation. Where the heck is our President Kenny Lim? He is supposed to be the spokesman for the 200 odd Malaysian students out of some 400 in Wellington. Could he (holy cow! it just came to my mind) be comrade John MacDonald the Second!! Who claims to represent the silent majority, and hence remains uncommitted to their affairs.

Never mind, we still got with us characters like [unclear: who] shriek and scream erratic and discordant songs of praise and other pro-government stuff in Salient. And also the two [unclear: clowns] who squirmed when they spoke at the former Malaysian Forum. It would be a blessing if these noisy blokes would make the scene again. They will certainly add variety and humour to the occasion.

Pejuang