The Reaction Of

The British
The Reaction Of The
British.
 The British were Surprised at the
strength of the Malay feeling.
 They received report from Sir
Edward Gent and Mc Donald,
pointing out how united the Malay
opposition was.
 They sent two British member of
parliament in Sir Edward mid 1946
to investigate. Sir Edward Gent
 The British member of parliament
also found that there was a great
deal of opposition to the union.
Therefore, British have two alternative.
-They could ignore the opposition or change
their plans.
It would make the British more unpopular in
Malaya and destroy any future chances of co-
operation.
If they failed to listen to peaceful opposition, the
British might also invite more violent action by
the more extreme groups such as the Malayan
Communist Party, would gain support.
The main British aim was to establish one strong
central government in Malay, they would prefer
to extend citizen right to non-Malay but were
disappointed to see that some Chinese and
Indians joined the Malayan Communist Party
and were complaining that the British proposals
did not go far enough.
 Chapter: 11
The Formation
Of The
Federation Of
Malaya.
The Formation Of The Federation
Of Malaya:
In July 1946, a Working Committee
comprising representatives from the
British Government, the Sultan and UMNO
was set up to prepare new proposal.
At the insistence of UMNO, no other group
were to be involved in the discussions.
The Working Committee reached
agreement by July 1947 and its proposals
for a Federation Of Malaya were put into
effect on 1st February 1948.
The Federation Agreement Of
1948:
 Singapore was to remain a separate British Colony
and not eligible to become citizen of federation.
 A Federation of Malaya was to be set up
comprising 9 Malay states, plus Penang and
Malacca.
 The federal government was to deal with defense,
foreign affairs, law and order, commerce,
communications and finance. The other matters
related to education, religion, agriculture were
under the individual states.
 Before the war, the sultan power was restored.
 Ultimate authority was to be in the hands of The
British High Commissioner.
 The High commissioner , President of
legislative council, agreed to attend a conference
of rulers at least 3times a year and to consult the
 Strict regulations were laid down about the
composition of the legislative council.
 Qualification or citizenship.
 Automatic qualification went to those who
were:-
a) Subject of the sultan of any state.
b) British subject born in Penang or Malacca and
had lived continuously in the federation for 15
year.
c) Any British subject born in the federation and
whose fathers had been born there, or lived there
for 15 years
d) Person born in the federation whose two
parents had been born in and lived continuously
in the federation for at least 15 years.
 Those who born in federation and lived for
at least 8 of 12 years would allowed to
apply for the membership and those who
lived in federation at least 15 years of 20
years.
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Of
The Federation
Of Malaya

Kali la jua a~
 Non-Malay Opposition To The
Federation
 Non-Malay population had been satisfied with the
proposal of Malayan Union BUT they were also
worried when British started to make some
arrangement with UMNO to make better
proposals.
 8 July 1946, Tan Cheng Lock and other
communities leaders sent telegram to London for
the British for not to make changes to the
proposal without consulting all section of Malayan
society. When non-Malay consultative committee
formed in December 1946, the proposal had
been agreed on. The non-Malay had to comment
on them.
 On 22 December 1946, Pan Malayan
Council Of Joint Action (PMCJA) were
formed. Then known All Malaya Council
Of Joint Action (AMCJA).
 The PMCJA believed the reform should produce:-
a) A united Malaya include Singapore.
b) A central Government for Malaya which the
Malaya people elected by themselves.
c) Equal the citizen and right for all people of
Malaya.
 PMCJA proved not to be radial enough for
some member and the rest of the left
parties to form Pusat Tenaga Rakyat
(PUTERA).
Pusat Tenaga Rakyat (PUTERA) wanted
the Malay language to become the national
language of Malaya and Britain to give its
control over Malayan defense and foreign
policy. Its called on the British government to
stop negotiations with UMNO and recognize
PUTERA as representing real Malaya opinion.
March 1947, Non-Malay consultative
committee submitted its report to the colonial
office at London. The changes were proposed
only 11 clauses in Federation proposal. The
Chinese member committee wrote their own
minority report but in reality the committee
was in agreement with the proposal of
Federation.
 Non-Malay community showed its angered to
the proposal by supporting a call from Tan
Cheng Lock and Chinese Chamber of
commerce on 20 October 1947.

the widespread disruption because of the

opposition EXCEPT in Perlis, Kelantan and
Trengganu. The day of the protest was a
great success however its was failed to
change the mind of the British. On 1st
February 1948, the Malayan Union became

FEDERATION OF MALAYA
The Map Of Malaya
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The End