Published 2014
“…Further help was given during the Emergency when
the Chinese were resettled in “new villages”, which later entitled them to become permanent
owners of the land, much to the chagrin of the Malay Rulers.The Malays on the other hand were
assisted through specific legislations such as the Malay Land Reservation Enactment (1913),
formation of cooperatives and the
Rural Industrial Development Authority (RIDA) in the 1950s. The
Indians bore the worst brunt.They had suffered during the War under the Japanese, and did not
benefit much in the period thereafter when many were hunted down for alleged collaboration
with the Japanese.Neither did they enjoy the fruit of the South Indian Labour Fund. …”
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