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  Malayan Emergency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Malayan Emergency was an insurrection and guerrilla war of the Malayan Races Liberation Army against the British and Malayan administration from 1948-1960 in what is now Malaysia.
It was a successor of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), another guerrilla force which the British had secretly trained and equipped with arms during World War II in the fight against the Japanese Occupation.
Despite the usage of the term "emergency" it was in actuality a full-scale guerrilla war between the MRLA and British, Commonwealth, and Malayan armed forces.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malayan_Emergency   (1804 words)

  
 Malays - LoveToKnow Watches
Malayan folk, who are the dominant race of the Malay Peninsula and of the Malay Archipelago.
Until recently many eminent scientists held the theory that the Malayan peoples were merely an offspring of the Mongol stock, and that their advance into the lands they now in habit had takenlace from the cradle of the Monplace origin.
The appearance of the same Malayan words in localities so widely separated from each other, however, cannot be satisfactorily accounted for by any such explanation, and the theory is now more generally held that the two races are probably allied and may at some remote period of history have shared a common home.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Malays   (4423 words)

  
 Malayan Sun Bear - Bagheera
The smallest bear in the world, an adult male Malayan sun bear is about 4 feet (1.2 m) tall when standing on its hind legs and can weigh up to 140 pounds (64 kg).
Malayan sun bears are skillful climbers, aided by long sickle-shaped claws on all four feet.
The Species Survival Plan (SSP) for Malayan sun bears is coordinated by Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo in the United States.
www.bagheera.com /inthewild/van_anim_sunbear.htm   (731 words)

  
 Malayan Emergency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Malayan emergency was an insurrection and guerilla war of Malay Races Liberation Army in Malaysia in 1948-1960.
The MCP disagreed with the British idea of a Malayan Federation because there seemed to be no direct way to communism.
Despite the term “emergency” it was a full-scale guerilla war between MRLA and British and Malayan authorities.
www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/m/ma/malayan_emergency.html   (927 words)

  
 Stealth Movement, Malayan Tiger
Malayan tigers are a bit smaller and darker than Bengal tigers and they have shorter and narrower stripes.
In late 2004 genetic studies found that tigers on the Malayan peninsula were a separate and distinct subspecies from the Indochinese tiger.
Because of this the only correct common name is now "Malayan tiger", and the scientific name has officially changed to panthera tigris jacksoni to both distinguish the subspecies and recognize the work of tiger conservationist Peter Jackson.
www.dmcphoto.com /Tiger4.html   (243 words)

  
 Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency was declared on 18 June 1948 after three estate managers were murdered in Perak, northern Malaya, by guerrillas of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), an outgrowth of the anti-Japanese guerrilla movement which had emerged during the Second World War.
The Malayan government was slow to react to the MCP at first and did not appoint a director of operations to counter the insurgency until March 1950.
Prolonged operations were undertaken against the communists in an effort to destroy their base of support in local communities and to drive them into the jungle, where it would be difficult for them to receive supplies from supporters.
www.awm.gov.au /atwar/emergency.htm   (980 words)

  
 Malayan tapir
Malayan tapirs are primarily - although not exclusively - nocturnal.
The Malayan tapir is a good climber, scaling steep slopes with relative ease, and when alarmed gallops off with surprising speed.
The Malayan tapir is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN (1996).
www.ultimateungulate.com /Perissodactyla/Tapirus_indicus.html   (388 words)

  
 Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) – Darrell Senneke and Chris Tabaka DVM
The Malayan Box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), commonly referred to as the “Ambo”, is at this time (Sept., 2002) the most common hard-shelled chelonian species found in the food/medicinal markets of Southern China.
It is the long running curse of the Malayan Box turtle that the term “Box” is a part of its common name.
The most useful form of indoor accommodation for Malayan box turtles is a very large aquarium or a small child’s swimming pool.
www.chelonia.org /Articles/Camboinensiscare.htm   (1970 words)

  
 Malayan Cat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Malayan Cat is an alternative name for a certain type of Burmese cat.
The Malayan is simply a Burmese in all the Burmese solid colors except sable (and chocolate in Britain).
To satisfy them, the name Malayan Cat was introduced in the United States in 1980 to cover all non-traditional Burmese color variants.
www.gloriakendall.com /Malayan.html   (101 words)

  
 Malayan banking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 MALAYAN TAPIR
The Malayan or Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus)  use to inhabit most of Southeast Asia, including the countries of Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand, but in recent times it has become extinct in most of these places.
The Malayan tapir has been successfully kept and bred in zoos throughout the world, but there are very few in captivity.
Baird's tapir  (Tapirus bairdii)  Bazilian tapir  (Tapirus terrestris)  Woolly Mountain tapir  (Tapirus pinchaque)   Asian or Malayan tapir  (Tapirus indicus).
www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/5257/gdc8.html   (922 words)

  
 Lafarge: Home > Homepage
Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad (LMCB) is the leader of the Malaysian cement industry and a major player in the Asian export market.
Lafarge Malayan Cement is proud to serve Malaysia for the past 56 years and is committed to "Building Malaysia Together" in the coming years.
At Lafarge Malayan Cement (LMC), safety is the number one priority, which is recognised by its employees and contractors, whether in the plants or on the roads.
www.malayancement.com.my   (215 words)

  
 Welcome To The Malayan Group of Insurance Companies
We believe that as professionals and as good corporate citizens, we should all strive to support government policies that redound to the greater benefit of society in general and to the insurance industry in particular.
Malayan Insurance strongly supports the government drive to combat money laundering activities.
Malayan Insurance, the number one non-life insurance in the country...
www.malayan.com   (287 words)

  
 Animal Fact Sheets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Malayan tapirs are the only Asian species of tapir, and are native to the island of Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, and Southern Thailand.
The Malayan tapir is an endangered species.* Hunted for food and sport, their thick, tough skin is used to make bridles and whips.
The Malayan tapir’s natural habitats in southeast Asia are quickly disappearing due to human activities such as agriculture, cattle grazing, logging and flooding caused by hydroelectric projects.
www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/tapir/tapir.htm   (975 words)

  
 Psychological Warfare of the Malayan Emergency
The few hundred British subjects who served in the Malayan Civil Service were an elite group, so carefully chosen as to be known locally as "the heaven-born." It was clear that Britain had discarded the eighteenth-century notion that colonies and protectorates were meant to provide jobs for citizens of the mother country.
During the entire Malayan campaign, nearly 500 million leaflets were dropped on more than 2,500 sorties and nearly 4,000 hours of aerial broadcasting were completed on a further 4,500 sorties by aircraft of the air transport support forces.
If any member of the Malayan Communist Party is able to leave the jungle and bring out a Bren gun, or able to lead the Peace Keeping Forces to unearth a hidden Bren gun that he or she knows about, he will be eligible for a $1000 reward.
www.psywar.org /malaya.php   (16319 words)

  
 Animal Info - Malayan Tapir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Malayan tapir occurs in the Sundaland and Eastern Indonesian Archipelago Mangroves, Sumatran-Nicobar Islands Lowland Forests, and Sumatran Montane Forests Global 200 Ecoregions.
The Malayan tapir is found in lowland areas in the dry season and moves into mountainous areas with the rainy season.
It had been thought that the Malayan tapir is usually solitary, except for a female with young.
www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/tapiindi.htm   (745 words)

  
 Malayan sun bear - Helarctos malayanus - ARKive
The smallest of all the bear species, the Malayan sun bear is so-named because the crescent-shaped white to orange patch on the chest resembles a rising or setting sun.
Other than this patch and the short, light brown fur of the muzzle, the coat is entirely fl, and whilst it appears sleek and shiny, it is actually coarse to the touch.
Unlike most mammals, the Malayan sun bear walks on the whole foot, and all four legs turn in when walking.
www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Helarctos_malayanus   (179 words)

  
 IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group - Action Plan, 1997
The skin on the back of the head and nape is nearly an inch thick, presumably for added protection from predator fangs (Sanborn and Watkins 1950) and gives protection to the neck when the tapir is moving through dense undergrowth (Lekagul and McNeely 1977).
Tapirs closely resembling the Malayan tapir were found in India and Myanmar (Burma) during the Pliocene.
Preferred food plants* of the Malayan tapir in the research area, Taman Negara in 1976 (Williams and Petrides 1980).
www.tapirback.com /tapirgal/iucn-ssc/tsg/action97/ap97-01.htm   (1521 words)

  
 MALAYAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION
The first Reunion was held in 1968 and the second in 1971 both in Palmerston North.
About this time a change of name to "Malayan Services Association" came about allowing for the fairer sex to join the membership.
Reunions continued as at their timed date, 1973 - Rotorua, 1975 - Auckland, 1977 - Whangarei, 1979 - Wanganui, 1981 - was to be Christchurch, which was postponed so a mini Reunion was held in Tauranga who again held the next Reunion in 1983.
www.nmbva.co.uk /malayan_veterans_association.htm   (493 words)

  
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 Malayan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The term Indonesian, used as an alternative for Malayan, is sometimes applied to the people of interior districts, who are thought to be related to the Pygmies or Negritos (probably the earlier inhabitants of the region).
Scores of languages or dialects are spoken; they form a group of the Malayo-Polynesian languages.
Among anthropologists the term Malayan is used exclusively to describe an inhabitant of the Malayan Peninsula.
www.bartleby.com /65/ma/Malayan.html   (156 words)

  
 Malayan Sun Bear
The Malayan sun bear, an endangered species native to Southeast Asia, was seen in the city-state’s northern area, he said.
ACRES said AVA officers had gone to a specific location in Mandai to search for another illegally-kept exotic pet, a Malayan sun bear, which they hoped to...
Efforts are made to record the number of Malayan sun bear, another Scheduled I animal found only in and around Yangonpokpi area during the survey which...
conservation.mongabay.com /Malayan_Sun_Bear.htm   (171 words)

  
 Victorians at War - Oral History Project - Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
However, Britain had been unable to defend its colony and many Malayan people no longer wished to be an outpost of the British Empire.
In 1948 the desire for independence led to an armed coup that attempted to capture the Malayan Government and replace it with a Communist People's Republic of Malaya.
The Malayan campaign was successful and on 30 July 1960 the British declared the State of Emergency to be at an end.
victoriansatwar.net /overview/malaya2.html   (388 words)

  
 The Ultimate Malayan Box Turtle WebPage
It is my job to provide him with everything he needs to be content, so it became important for me to learn as much as I could about his natural environment, in order to care for the turtle correctly.
I found this unique creature to be so fascinating that I just had to have one in my personal collection.
Aliases: Malayan box turtle, Malasian box turtle, Celebes box turtle, Indonesian box turtle, Amboina box turtle, Water box turtle, Siamese box turtle, Vietnamese box turtle, Java box turtle, Southeast Asian box turtle, Asian box turtle (Note: Other species of Cuora are also called "Asian box turtles," creating much confusion.
www.turtlepuddle.org /cuora/amboinensis.html   (567 words)

  
 Malayan Banking Berhad information and related industry information from Hoover's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Malayan Banking Berhad information and related industry information from Hoover's
Malayan Banking Berhad, better known as Maybank, has weathered the Asian economic storm.
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www.hoovers.com /maybank/--ID__55766--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (360 words)

  
 Flat-headed Cat
The anterior upper premolar has two roots and is larger and better developed than in any other cat.
Occasionally known as the little Malayan red cat, the flat-headed cat is covered in thick reddish or dark brown fur.
Tipped with white, the hairs give a silvery grey tinge to the pelt.
members.aol.com /cattrust/flathead.htm   (531 words)

  
 Pedros Malayan - Armenian Fine Art
We are actively seeking possibilities to exhibit Pedros Malayan artworks.
A true master of portrait created a unique collection of human character..
Designed and produced by 15levels.com Copyright Pedros Malayan © 2005
15levels.com /pm   (123 words)

  
 Malayan Tapir
The Name "Tapir": "Tapir" is a Guarani name for the animal, Guarani evidently being a form of Spanish spoken in Paraguay.
Description: The color of the adult Malayan tapir is unmistakable: the forward part of the body and the hind legs are fl, and the rest of the body is white.
The young have quite a different color - brown with white longitudinal markings.
www.americazoo.com /goto/index/mammals/344.htm   (282 words)

  
 Free Information Malayan Cat Nutritional Needs
By: Jane R. Bicks, D.V.M. A purebred Malayan cat is a bit more assertive
the beautiful coat or your Malayan cat and protects from allergies.
If your Malayan is one Finicky Kitty Cat.....
www.petcaretips.net /malayan.html   (153 words)

  
 Malayan Literature - 150,000 eBooks - eBookMall - World's Largest Selection!
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None was lacking, and to this island the King would repair when he wished for recreation.
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