YEAR 8

CLASSWORK 9
THE ISSUE OF MALAYSIA
10 MARKS

1. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FEDERATION SUGGESTED BY THE PRIME

MINISTER OF MALAYA IN 1961? (1)
MALAYSIA

2. WHAT WAS THE AIM OF THE CREATION OF THE FEDERATION? (2)

IT AIMED TO ENABLE EACH COUNTRY IN THE FEDERATION TO BENEFIT
ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY FROM THE UNITY.

3. WHAT WAS THE REACTIONS OF SOAS III? (1)

HE FOUND THE IDEA ACCEPTABLE.

RESUME TEACHING

4. ON WHAT ISSUES DID BRUNEI DISAGREE ON THE IDEA OF FEDERATION?

(2)
i. ISSUES OF BRUNEI’S REVENUE.
ii. FEDERAL RIGHTS TO TAXATION.
iii. SOAS III CONSIDERED AS THE YOUNGEST MONARCH AMONG THE
OTHER MONARCHS OF MALAYA.

5. WHICH COUNTRIES FINALLY SIGNED THE MALAYSIA AGREEMENT IN 1963?

(4)
MALAYA, SINGAPORE, SABAH AND SARAWAK.