Trade Freeze: British industrialists back Malaysia

Ten leading British industrialists, including Lord Prior, chairman of GEC, Sir Ralph Robins, chairman of Rolls-Royce, Lord Sterling of P & O, and Dick Evans, chief executive of British Aerospace, have written to the New Straits Times expressing their desire to continue doing business in Malaysia. They describe the country as a large and growing market and expressed their sadness at 'ill-informed media coverage'.