FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA Tegku Abdul Rehman proposed in 1971 for the establishment for the federation of Malaysia that will include Malay and Singapore three British protected territories of Sabha in North Borneo, Sarwak and Brunei. The Federation Singapore would retain its free port status and enjoy considerable autonomy. The Borneo States were given larger number […]

THE INVASION OF THE JAPANESE  The Japanese invaded Malaya in the year 1942 had a tremendous effect on the country. During this period the Japanese like the British favoured the Malayas and intentionally tried to aggravate the racial atmosphere between them and the Chinese. Besides increasing hostility between these two ethnic groups, resulted their sharpening […]

A PLURASLISTIC SOCIETY The pluralistic nature of the Malaya society thus stood in the way of the growth of Nationalism and political unity. This means a society composed of two or more racial communities living side by side but to inter marrying to any extent, with differing standards of life, without a common culture. The […]

 INTRODUCTION   The Malaya peninsula, with an area of about 53,000 square miles, approximately the size of Florida had a population of about 5,000,000 in 1940 and nearly 8,500,000 in 1966. It is characterized by a central mountain chain with altitude ranging from 4,000 to 8,000 feet, below which lie the rolling foothill country and the […]