Volume 79 Part 2, No. 291 December 2006

CONTENTS

 

Obituary: Datuk Abdullah bin Ali

Petaling Jaya: The Early Development and Growth of
Malaysia's First New Town
- Lee Boon Thong

Constitutional Practice in Brunei as Highlighted in the 1955 Memorandum of R.H. Hickling
- B.A. Hussainmiya

Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in Kelantan
- Mohamad Ali

Economic Change and the Emergence of the Straits Chinese in Nineteenth-Century Penang
- Neil Khor Jin Keong

On the Nature of Military Government: The Case of the BMA in Negri Sembilan
- J.M. Gullick

Book Reviews
- Earthenware in Southeast Asia
- Beads of Borneo
- Peranakan Indians of Singapore and Melaka: Indian Babas and Nonyas--Chitty Melaka
- The Defence and Fall of Singapore, 1940-1942

Annual Report and Accounts

Biographical Notes

 
The Journal of Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS) is published half-yearly by the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS). It disseminates knowledge and matters of historical value pertaining to Malaysia and the surrounding region. All papers submitted should be in English or Bahasa Malaysia and communicate ideas and information clearly and concisely, with the minimum of jargon. Papers are considered on the understanding that the contents have not appeared elsewhere in substantially the same, or abbreviated form. See Author's Guidelines.

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