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Federation of Malaya

Persekutuan Tanah Melayu

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On 31 Aug. 1957 the Federation of Malaya became the eleventh sovereign member-state of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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  • Statistical Information. Department of Statistics, Federation of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, was set up in 1946, taking over from the Department of Statistics, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, Singapore. Chief Statistician: C. H. Harvie. Main publications: Monthly Statistical Bulletin of the Federation of Malaya; Rubber Statistics Handbook (Annual); Trade Statistics (Quarterly and monthly).

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S. H. Steinberg Ph.D. (Fellow of the Royal Historical Society)

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© 1962 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Steinberg, S.H. (1962). Federation of Malaya. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270916_14

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