Malaysian Studies
CHAPTER 3
The Formation of
Malaysia
Towards Independence
Before 1949, Dato' Onn Jaafar fought aggressively to ensure that Malaya belonged to the Malays. His battle-cry now was 'Malaya for Malayans‘
British set up an intercommunal relations committee in Penang in 1949 with the Malay’s represented by
Dato’ Onn , the Chinese, Tan Cheng Lock and it comprises of 6 Malays representatives, 6 Chinese, and one representative each for the Eurasian,
Indian, Ceylonese and European communities.
Towards Independence
As the president of UMNO, Dato’ Onn decided to change the name United Malays National
Organization
to
United
Malayan
National
Organization.
But this proposal was strongly opposed by the
UMNO members.
This caused Dato’ Onn to resign twice from his post, as the second time he proposed opening up UMNO to non-Malay membership
Towards Independence
In 16th September 1951, he formed
Independence of Malayan Party (IMP)
UMNO was leaded by a new leader Tunku Abdul
Rahman Putra
IMP faced a great challenge when UMNO and MCA decided to form an alliance to contest the Kuala
Lumpur Municipal Council elections in 1952.
the
Towards Independence
Malayan India Congress (MIC) joined in the pact and in the 1955 General elections for the Federal
Legislative Council, the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance
Party won 51 out of 52 seats contested.
In this election, a preparation governments were already made.
In 1956, talks on the independence of Malaya were held in London which was participated by 4 leaders of the Alliance, 4 representatives of the Malay Rulers and 4 representatives of the British government
towards
self-
Towards Independence
The British government promised to appoint a commission to draw a constitution for Malaya hence a Federation of Malaya Constitution Commission was formed.
The Reid Commission drew up a constitution and
The Formation of
Malaysia
Towards Independence
Before 1949, Dato' Onn Jaafar fought aggressively to ensure that Malaya belonged to the Malays. His battle-cry now was 'Malaya for Malayans‘
British set up an intercommunal relations committee in Penang in 1949 with the Malay’s represented by
Dato’ Onn , the Chinese, Tan Cheng Lock and it comprises of 6 Malays representatives, 6 Chinese, and one representative each for the Eurasian,
Indian, Ceylonese and European communities.
Towards Independence
As the president of UMNO, Dato’ Onn decided to change the name United Malays National
Organization
to
United
Malayan
National
Organization.
But this proposal was strongly opposed by the
UMNO members.
This caused Dato’ Onn to resign twice from his post, as the second time he proposed opening up UMNO to non-Malay membership
Towards Independence
In 16th September 1951, he formed
Independence of Malayan Party (IMP)
UMNO was leaded by a new leader Tunku Abdul
Rahman Putra
IMP faced a great challenge when UMNO and MCA decided to form an alliance to contest the Kuala
Lumpur Municipal Council elections in 1952.
the
Towards Independence
Malayan India Congress (MIC) joined in the pact and in the 1955 General elections for the Federal
Legislative Council, the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance
Party won 51 out of 52 seats contested.
In this election, a preparation governments were already made.
In 1956, talks on the independence of Malaya were held in London which was participated by 4 leaders of the Alliance, 4 representatives of the Malay Rulers and 4 representatives of the British government
towards
self-
Towards Independence
The British government promised to appoint a commission to draw a constitution for Malaya hence a Federation of Malaya Constitution Commission was formed.
The Reid Commission drew up a constitution and