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,and was the only university in newly independent Malaya. The university has graduated five 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 Federated Malay States was a federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula - Selangor,Perak,Negeri Sembilan and Pahang - established by the British government in 1895,which lasted until 1946,when they,together with two of the former Straits Settlements and the Unfederated Malay States,formed the Malayan Union. Two years later,the Union became the Federation of Malaya,which achieved independence in 1957,and finally Malaysia in 1963 with the inclusion of North Borneo,Sarawak and Singapore.
The Cameron Highlands is a district in Pahang,Malaysia,occupying an area of 712.18 square kilometres (274.97 sq mi). To the north,its boundary touches that of Kelantan;to the west,it shares part of its border with Perak. Situated at the northwestern tip of Pahang,Cameron Highlands is approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) east from Ipoh,roughly 200 kilometres (120 mi) north from Kuala Lumpur or about 355 kilometres (221 mi) from Kuantan,the capital of Pahang. It is the smallest municipality in the state.
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham was a British colonial administrator who became the first Resident general of the Federated Malay States,which brought the Malay states of Selangor,Perak,Negeri Sembilan and Pahang together under the administration of a Resident-General based in Kuala Lumpur. He served from 1 July 1896 to 4 November 1901. He was also an amateur painter,photographer and antique collector.
Malaysian Standard Time or Malaysian Time (MYT) is the standard time used in Malaysia. It is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Malaysia does not observe daylight saving time.
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.
Sir Richard Olaf Winstedt,or more commonly R. O. Winstedt,was an English Orientalist and colonial administrator with expertise in British Malaya.
Khasnor Johan is a Malaysian author and historian.
Arthur Benison Hubback was an English architect and soldier who designed several important buildings in British Malaya,in both Indo-Saracenic architecture and European "Wrenaissance" styles. Major works credited to him include Kuala Lumpur railway station,Ubudiah Mosque,Jamek Mosque,National Textile Museum,Panggung Bandaraya DBKL,Ipoh railway station,and Kowloon railway station.
The Penang High Court,founded in 1808,is the birthplace of Malaysia's judiciary system. It is housed inside a Palladian-style building at Light Street,George Town,Penang. To this day,the High Court sits at the top of Penang's hierarchy of courts.
King Edward VII Medical College (KEMC) was a medical school from 1905 to 1949 in Singapore,the first one in what was then Malaya. It was officially named King Edward VII Medical College in 1921 and subsequently became the Faculty of Medicine,University of Malaya.
George Hemmant was a colonial administrator. He joined the Malayan Civil Service and was a cadet on 27 November 1903. He served most of his civil service career in Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements.
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.
Lieutenant Arnold Lessel MacMorland Greig was a New Zealand surveyor who served as the eleventh Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States,from 1960 to 1963.
Luis Sigismund Himley was an English surveyor,who served as the tenth Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States between 1956 and 1960.
