Area Handbook for Malaysia and Singapore, Volume 550, Issue 45U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966 - 745 pages |
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aboriginal activities agricultural areas associated Bajau Bornean British Brunei centers century ceremonies China Chinese schools Communist Constitution Council culture dialect Dusun economic English established estates ethnic groups Federation Federation of Malaya Hospital household Iban immigrants important increased Indian indigenous Indonesian industry influence Islamic Jakun Jesselton Johore kampong Kedah Kelantan Kuala Lumpur Kuching labor unions Land Dayak language living longhouse mainly major Malacca Malay Malaya and Singapore Malaysia marriage Melanau ment million Moslem Murut Negri Sembilan northern Borneo organizations Pahang pantun Party Penang Peninsula Perak percent persons political population primary raja relatively religion religious rice ritual rubber rulers rural Sandakan Sarawak and Sabah secondary schools Selangor Semang Settlements social society Southeast Asia spirits Straits Sultan tion trade traditional Trengganu United urban usually village welfare workers
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Page 687 - autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or foreign affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
Page 505 - ... any combination, whether temporary or permanent, formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and employers or between workmen and workmen, or between employers and employers, or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business, and includes any federation of two or more trade unions...
Page 57 - A west coast railway linking Jesselton, Weston, and Melalap, completed in 1905, opened up land extremely suitable for rubber production. A degree of economic security resulted from these economic developments, which were also accompanied by a rise in population. Territorial consolidation occurred mainly between 1884 and 1902 and involved the absorption of coastal enclaves either through direct pressure on local chieftains or upon the Sultan of Brunei. The hinterland, a vast, unknown land, fell to...
Page 331 - Agong shall be persons who in his opinion have rendered distinguished public service or have achieved distinction in the professions, commerce, industry, agriculture, cultural activities or social service or are representative of racial minorities or are capable of representing the interests of aborigines.
Page 245 - Moon," and the four ministers to the guardian gods of the cardinal points. It is clear that in all these cases the empire was conceived as an image of the heavenly world of stars and gods.
Page 441 - District officers and assistant district officers are assistant collectors of land revenue and deputy registrar of titles in their district. Registration of native title and field registers is done locally by the assistant collectors of land revenue, but dealings in all other forms of title must be registered by the registrar of titles at the state capital.
Page 505 - ... or financing of strikes or lockouts in any trade or industry or the provision of pay or other benefits for its members during a strike or lockout.
Page 47 - Her Majesty's Government have, it need hardly be said, no desire to interfere in the internal affairs of the Malay States...
Page 47 - Her Majesty's Government find it incumbent to employ such influence as they possess with the native princes to rescue, if possible, these fertile and productive countries from the ruin which must befall them if the present disorders continue unchecked.
Page 263 - Enormously diversified, spirits range in nature from positive malevolence to potential benevolence, and many are neutral and exercise variable influence. As a result, life is guided by a complex of rituals, omens, and taboos in order to propitiate this bewildering array of spirits. In particular these rituals surround the times of birth, death, illness, travel, and harvest. Violations of these rules entail bad luck, disease, or death, whereas their correct observance brings prosperity and health...