February R. 1963 220 Borneo Trip Kuching Feb. 11 if a change is needed. However, the desire of local people are not always met. Bro. Hillery said a request was put in for questions on the economic development of Sarawak. Instead the exam called for an economic survey of Malaysia, a much more complicated problem. Questions are to appear in future exams. On Borneo, at request of local people to get off one emphasis on Malaya. Neate then took me to the Saint Thomas' School near the hotel. As in the previous school, the science teachers are Indian. In the biology lab. I talked to P. V. Joy, a biologist, and P. R. Thampi, a chemist. The latter seemed to be the more knowledgeable of the two. The biology lab. was very poorly equipped. Virtually no preserved specimen collection, few models, few work tables but there were 5 standard microscopes. Mr. Joy emphasized the great handicap in the lack of equipment and that there were no botanical and zoological gardens nearby. I countered by suggesting that I had seen many insects, interesting local plants (the sensitive plant, for example) during my brief stay, and that these common organisms in the school yard might be used.