Related Keywords: before formation of Malaysia, collapse of textile talks, export quota from Britain, issued a single quota, Singapore and Malaya, Textile exports from Pakistan
Singapore and Malaya received separate export quotas from Britain, before the formation of Malaysia. In 1964, after Singapore had become part of the new nation, Britain decided to issue a single quota for Malaysia. A verbal spat broke out between Singapore and Malaysia's central government after Singapore Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee blamed Kuala Lumpur for the collapse of textile talks between Britain and Malaysia.
He lashed out at the central government for wanting to give the lion's share of British quotas for textile exports to Malaysian states other than Singapore.
