Airmail letter
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Johore Bahru
West Malaysia
Dear Mum and Dad,
Thank you for your letter. We are enjoying the first day of Hari Raya, the two day holiday that ends the Muslim month of fasting. It depends on the sighting of the moon so we do not know the day until the night before the first one possible - if it is not that, say 10th then it must be the 11th. So this morning I went at 9 am to the Istana and had coffee and cake with the Sultan, to wish him Happy New Year. The next HNY is the proper one and the next is Chinese New Year in February, after which one can get down to 1970. We had very heavy and continuous rain, resulting in floods in Singapore and to a lesser extent in Johore. The banking in front of a house near us slid and a few trees went into the road. I drove through fairly deep water to get to the bank yesterday and was lucky to get through. The rain has stopped today giving the water a chance to run off. Hope that is the end of it as otherwise it may be a problem getting Margo to the airport. I do not expect to buy CRA directly but the Investment club of which I am a member has taken 100, so I have a 20th share. The club started in July and after 4/5 months is up 8%. It lasts for 5 years and it will be interesting to see the outcome. We have a broker and a fairly wealthy planter on the buying committee and I am the third, although so far I have gone along with their ideas. We are pretty conservative. We have had Mrs Forsyth staying with us for a couple of days - the widow of a former manager. The Sultan knew her when he was a Tunku so Margo took her along on Monday for a chat and the usual coffee.
Love for now,
Peter & Margo
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