“科伦坡计划”国家于10月17-21日在新加坡举行了一次咨询委员会会议,这已是第七次会议了。参加这次会议的有英国(包括英国属地马来亚和北婆罗洲)、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰、印度、缅甸、印度尼西亚、巴基斯坦、锡兰、尼泊尔、南越、老挝、柬埔寨以及去年新加入的日本、泰国和菲律宾,共十七国。“科伦坡计划”存在着哪些问题? 这次会议所讨论的也同往常一样,主要是上一年度(1954-55年)该计划在各国执行的情况,执行过程中存在的问题和今后的做法。首先,关于计划的成效问题:这个一开始就被主创者的英国标榜为“发展”东南亚国家的经济、“提高”生活 The Colombo Plan countries held an advisory board meeting in Singapore from October 17 to 21, which is the seventh meeting. The meeting was attended by the United Kingdom (including British Malaya and North Borneo), the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ceylon, Nepal, South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and last year Japan, Thailand and the Philippines, a total of 17 countries. What are the problems with the Colombo Plan? As usual, the meeting discussed mainly the implementation of the plan in various countries during the previous year (1954-55), the problems in implementation and the future practices. First of all, on the effectiveness of the program, the United Kingdom, which was initially described as a pioneer, is branching out as “developing” the economies of Southeast Asian countries and “raising” life