From Malayan Union to Singapore Separation
by Mohamad Noordin Sopiee
Publisher - University of Malaya Press
Category - History
From Cabinet papers, memorandum and documents, the author probes the reasons why Whitehall
decided to impose the disastrous Malayan Union on Malaya. He explains the British surrender to Malay
demands, the rise of UMNO and Malay political vigour, the subsequence of nonâMalay agitation, and the
formation of the Federation of Malaya.
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