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THE COLONIAL

EDUCATION

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SERVICE

Notes on Educational Service in Malaya

The Choice of a Career.

1. This pamphlet is written for the purpose of bringing to the notice of those who wish to take up a career of public service overseas the attractions of such a career in Malaya. "It is intended in particular for men who, while anxious to see something of the world and having a liking for games and sport of all kinds, are at the same time genuinely interested in and anxious to pursue the teaching profession.

General Description of Malaya.

2. British Malaya is a little less in size than England and Wales and contains a population of upwards of four millions. It is a peninsula connected by a narrow neck of land with Siam and Burma, with a ridge of mountains running the length of it and rising to over 7,000 feet. It is watered by numerous rivers and is still mainly covered by thick tropical forests, although large areas have been cleared, especially on the west coast, and are occupied by rubber and other plantations and by the alluvial tin-fields workings.

The Malays are the most numerous race in the peninsula, being about half the total population. During the 19th century and especially in recent years there has, however, been constant immigration of Indians and Chinese. The latter now number about a third of the total population and are estimated to form about 75 per cent. of the population of the large towns. As well as a large number of Indians (mainly Hindus from Madras Province) and a considerable sprinkling of Europeans, there are numbers of Japanese, Javanese, and other Oriental races. Economically the country is mainly dependent upon rubber and tin, for both of which it is the world's most important source of supply. Rice for local consumption, palm oil, pineapples, and many other crops are also produced. Singapore is to some extent economically independent of the peninsula, being a great port of call and transhipment for trade to and from the Far East and an important centre of trade for the East Indian Archipelago generally as well as for the Malay Peninsula itself. Malaya comprises (a) the Colony of the Straits Settlements (Singapore, Penang, Malacca and Labuan), and (b) nine native Malay States under Malay Rulers; these States areby treaty under the protection of Great Britain and are administered in accord- ance with the advice of British Advisers or Residents. Four of the principal States (Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and

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The choice of a career...

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General description of Malaya

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Education in Malaya...

Duties, qualifications, and conditions of service

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Women as members of the Mulayan Education Service...

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Life of Europeans in Malaya... General information about Malaya...

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