The formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 remains a source of much debate among historians. The official announcement by the Prime Minister of Malaya, Tunku Abdul Rahman, on 27 May 1961, urging a closer association of Malaya, Singapore and the three British-controlled Borneo territories is viewed by some studies as the trigger that led to the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. While this study recognizes that Tunku’s proposal of May 1961 was a catalyst to the formal negotiations, it shows through a closer scrutiny of Colonial Office documents that the idea of a super-federation or “grand design” had been gradually planted in the minds of the elites in Malaya, Singapore and the Borneo territories, particularly from the ear...
This paper re-evaluates the contestation over the equal partnership of the Bornean states of Sabah a...
In July 1962, a proposal to form a greater Malayan Confederation was proposed by President DiosdadoM...
This paper narrates a political story of modern Sarawak from 1961 to 1974. The modern po...
As direct participants, local secondary leaders from the Borneo Territories, Malaya and Singapore pl...
The formation of Malaysia is an old topic but in the past its formation has been explained basically...
The concept of 'Malaysia' was conceived as a strategy of the westem powers notably Britain, to ensur...
Like so many features of the British Empire, policy for colonial higher education was transformed du...
In July 1962, a proposal to form a greater Malayan Confederation was proposed by President Diosdado ...
The years immediately following the formation of Malaysia in May 1961, were an especially critical t...
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the legacies of the British Malaya in the formation of the ...
With the disappearance of the imperial structures that had dominated Southeast Asia, newly-independ...
Malaysia with a population of nearly 15 millions is a Federation of thirteen states, headed by His M...
The nine Malay rulers in Malaya faced considerable challenges to their status and position at the en...
This article discusses the impact of Malaysia's formation on September 16, 1963. The establishment o...
This study aims to understand hidden dynamics behind the Malay struggle for independence, largely co...
This paper re-evaluates the contestation over the equal partnership of the Bornean states of Sabah a...
In July 1962, a proposal to form a greater Malayan Confederation was proposed by President DiosdadoM...
This paper narrates a political story of modern Sarawak from 1961 to 1974. The modern po...
As direct participants, local secondary leaders from the Borneo Territories, Malaya and Singapore pl...
The formation of Malaysia is an old topic but in the past its formation has been explained basically...
The concept of 'Malaysia' was conceived as a strategy of the westem powers notably Britain, to ensur...
Like so many features of the British Empire, policy for colonial higher education was transformed du...
In July 1962, a proposal to form a greater Malayan Confederation was proposed by President Diosdado ...
The years immediately following the formation of Malaysia in May 1961, were an especially critical t...
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the legacies of the British Malaya in the formation of the ...
With the disappearance of the imperial structures that had dominated Southeast Asia, newly-independ...
Malaysia with a population of nearly 15 millions is a Federation of thirteen states, headed by His M...
The nine Malay rulers in Malaya faced considerable challenges to their status and position at the en...
This article discusses the impact of Malaysia's formation on September 16, 1963. The establishment o...
This study aims to understand hidden dynamics behind the Malay struggle for independence, largely co...
This paper re-evaluates the contestation over the equal partnership of the Bornean states of Sabah a...
In July 1962, a proposal to form a greater Malayan Confederation was proposed by President DiosdadoM...
This paper narrates a political story of modern Sarawak from 1961 to 1974. The modern po...