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The Englander’s Guide
to
MagnificentMalaya
 
ovely the way every single aspect you see, hear,touch, tasteand smellmesmerizes you with such brilliance.es indeed,everyone andanyone who readsabout Malaysia would want tocome down toexperience itfirsthand!agnificently amazes you withits multi-culturalism;Malays, Chinese,Indians andTribalCommunities. wesomein its sense of diversity,from itsnature to itspeople to theplaces youcan uniquely experiencehere inMalaysia.nd don’tforget, a tripdown toMalaysia isa must, weare sure you would not be able toresist it!
 
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Behold Malaya
From its amazing biodiversity and lush vegetation to its diverse peoples who give Malayacharacter, Malaya has proved itself a great travel destination that never fails to disappoint many  who travel there in search of a peaceful retreat or an adventurous journey. Housing the world’ssecond tallest twin buildings, the 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers, in the city’s capital KualaLumpur, and the highest mountain in Southeast Asia, Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaya givesone experiences that can never be forgotten with its splendour. Although the British colonized Malaya during the time period of 1785 to 1957, Malaya hasmanaged to retain many of its rich cultures and historical sites without much influence from its Western administrators. This is thanks to the Official British policy that pledged no interference with other’s beliefs. However, Christianity was spread by Western Missionaries who foundedEnglish-medium schools as they were allowed to do so. This led to Christianity being one of thesignificant religions of Malaya today. Like the former example, the British’s existence in Malayahad an effect of shaping Malaya to what it is today. However, there are also aspects that havenot been tampered with and are still existent when one explores Malaya today.
 
First and foremost, the most obvious change in Malaya as a result of the British rule was thetransformation of predominant traditional subsistence farming before the British rule to one that was now dominantly export-oriented. British helped Malaya realise that its possession of geographical features such as plains and deltas, could help result in great yields of agriculture thatcould go beyond subsistence farming and become an aspect of commercial farming. It madeMalaya realise its abundant untapped natural resources that would boost the country’s economy toa large extent.The transformation, mentioned in the previous paragraph, also led to the change whereby Malaya was now rapidly exposed to the forces of international trade. Previously, before the Britishrule, the economy was independent and was not affected greatly by external factors. This changemeant that Malaya could no longer be self-reliant but depended on international trade to survive.For example, rice, which was previously grown for subsistence or small-scale trade, became a cashcrop which was used to gain capital through trade. The capital gained was used to further developMalaya so it would not lag behind its development which would affect its quality of resources toproduce commercial agriculture for trade. This change brought about by the British, helped changemodernize Malaya to enhance its production, consumption and distribution of agricultural goods, which was a dominant contributor to its economy.
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