| The different races in Malaya think of themselves primarily as Malays, Chinese or Indians and only secondarily, if at all, as Malayans. |
| Eric saw action in the Second World War as a ship's gunner in Burma, Malaya and the Middle East, before returning to the market. |
| Singapore became an important trading centre, and Malaya exported rubber and tin. |
| It was a last defiant gesture of a man awarded medals for serving his country in Malaya. |
| Umno continues to benefit from a gerrymander that favours rural Malay seats on peninsular Malaya as well as Sabah and Sarawak in northern Borneo. |
| The British Gurkha regiments were rebased in Malaya, later in Hong Kong, and finally in Britain. |
