The University of Malaya is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. It is the oldest and highest ranking Malaysian institution of higher education according to two international ranking agencies,and also the only university in the post-independent Malaya. The university has graduated four prime ministers of Malaysia,and other political,business,and cultural figures of national prominence.
The Malayan Union was a union of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca. It was the successor to British Malaya and was conceived to unify the Malay Peninsula under a single government to simplify administration. Following opposition by the ethnic Malays,the union was reorganised as the Federation of Malaya in 1948.
The Royal Malay Regiment is the premier unit of the Malaysian Army's two infantry regiments. At its largest,the Malay Regiment comprised 27 battalions. At present,three battalions are parachute trained and form part of the Malaysian Army Rapid Deployment Force. Another battalion has been converted into a mechanised infantry battalion while the remaining battalions are standard light infantry. The 1st Battalion Royal Malay Regiment acts as the ceremonial foot guards battalion for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong,and is usually accompanied by the Central Band of the Royal Malay Regiment. As its name suggests,the regiment only recruits ethnic Malays.
Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM),also known as the Department of Broadcasting,Malaysia is the national public broadcaster of Malaysia. Established on 1 April 1946 as Radio Malaya,it is the first and the oldest broadcaster in the country. After Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963,Radio Malaya was renamed Radio Malaysia. On 28 December the same year,television service in Malaysia began with the establishment of Televisyen Malaysia. In 1969,Radio Malaysia and Televisyen Malaysia merged to form the present day broadcast department. Radio Televisyen Malaysia monopolised the free-to-air television until 1984 and radio until 1988,when private television and radio stations such as TV3 and Best FM begin to exist. Currently,it operates 6 television channels and 34 radio stations nationwide.
The then British colony of Malaya was gradually occupied by the Japanese between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 16 February 1942. The Japanese remained in occupation until their surrender to the Allies in 1945. The first Japanese garrison in Malaya to lay down their arms was in Penang on 2 September 1945 aboard HMS Nelson.
The history of the modern state of Singapore dates back to its founding in the early nineteenth century;however,evidence suggests that a significant trading settlement existed on the Island of Singapore in the 14th century. The last ruler of the Kingdom of Singapura,Parameswara,was expelled by the Majapahit or the Siamese and he then founded Malacca. Singapore then came under the Malacca Sultanate and then the Johor Sultanate. In 1819,British statesman Stamford Raffles negotiated a treaty whereby Johor allowed the British to locate a trading port on the island,ultimately leading to the establishment of the crown colony of Singapore in 1867. Important reasons for the rise of Singapore were its nodal position at the tip of the Malay Peninsula flanked by the Pacific and Indian Oceans,the presence of a natural sheltered harbour,as well as its status as a free port.
Singapore,officially the State of Singapore,was one of the 14 states of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965. Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 by the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the former British colonies of North Borneo,Sarawak and Singapore. This marked the end of a 144-year British rule in Singapore which began with the founding of modern Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. At the time of merger,it was the smallest state in the country by land area.
The Larut Wars were a series of four wars started in July 1861 and ended with the signing of the Pangkor Treaty of 1874. The conflict was fought among local Chinese secret societies over the control of mining areas in Perak which later involved rivalry between Raja Abdullah and Ngah Ibrahim,making it a war of succession.
The British Military Administration (BMA) was the interim administrator of British Malaya from August 1945,the end of World War II,to the establishment of the Malayan Union in April 1946. The BMA was under the direct command of the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia,Lord Louis Mountbatten. The administration had the dual function of maintaining basic subsistence during the period of reoccupation,and also of imposing the state structure upon which post-war imperial power would rest.
Abdul Mubin Sheppard,born Mervyn Cecil ffrank Sheppard,pen name M. C. ff Sheppard,was a Malaysian World War II veteran and prisoner of war,as well as a renowned historian and academician.
The Malaysia Agreement or the Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Federation of Malaya,North Borneo,Sarawak and Singapore (MA63) was the agreement which combined North Borneo,Sarawak,and Singapore with the existing states of the Federation of Malaya,the resulting union being named Malaysia. Singapore was later expelled from Malaysia,becoming an independent state on 9 August 1965.
Charles Whybrow Ligar was an Ordnance Survey surveyor,Surveyor General of New Zealand and Surveyor General of Victoria.
Tun Leong Yew Koh was a Malayan politician who served as the 1st Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca from the independence of the Federation of Malaya in August 1957 to August 1959 and Minister of Health from 1955 to 1956,Minister of Health and Social Welfare from 1956 to 1957 and Minister of Justice from 1959 to his death in January 1963. Being a Kuomintang member himself and serving under the Republic of China government from 1932 and later become the leader of Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Army branch in Perak from 1942 until 1945,he is one of the founder of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) in 1949 and the party first secretary-general.
The Bible Society of Singapore,Malaysia and Brunei was a nondenominational Christian organisation committed to translating and distributing the Bible in Singapore,Malaysia,and Brunei. It was the successor organisation to the Bible Society of Malaya,a branch of the National Bible Society of Scotland (NBSS). The Bible Society of Malaya prior to 1948 was a branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS).
The Surveyor General of Malaysia was the head of the Federated Malay States Survey Department,now known as Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia.
Charles Moncrieff Goodyear was a British surveyor,who served as the third Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States,from 1920 to 1922.
Joseph Peascod Harper was a British land surveyor,who served as the second Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States (1919-1920).
John Robert Dewar was a New Zealand surveyor,who served as the fifth Surveyor General of Federated Malay States,between 1933 and 1938.
Luis Sigismund Himley was an English surveyor,who served as the tenth Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States between 1956 and 1960.
Sir George Vance Allen was an Ireland-born British medical doctor,bacteriologist and academic administrator who served as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya.
