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2021, PastJanuary 10, 2022
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18 August 1935 : An ice-cream seller
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27 June 1937 : An ice-cream seller
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19 August 1953 : Smartly dressed in baju and sarong these young Malay boys, cycle to town to visit friends and relatives to exchange "Selamat Hari Raya" greetings
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12 September 1947 : A Chinese girl holding up a couple of medium sized pineapples which are grown in one of the estates in Johore
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18 February 1985: Orang Asli children having a swim
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4 March 1939 : Orang Jawat bear the regalia into the throne room during the installation of Sultan Abdul Aziz al-Mutassim Billah Shah in Kuala Kangsar, Perak
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14 March 1975 : Hockey fans celebrate when Poon Fook Loke scored Malaysia’s first goal in the 33rd minute at the World Cup hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur
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May 1933 : The Panca Persada where the Installation Ceremony of Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Abu Bakar will take place, at the Kota Istana Pantai in Pekan, Pahang
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26 May 1959 : The University of Malaya'S Acting Principal, Professor F. Mason, raises his mortar board in a salute to the 250 freshmen. The newly arrived students had just taken the Fraternity Vow and Professor Mason's welcoming remarks made them feel thoroughly at home
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1 November 1953 : The attractive Naseh sisters, Dewi (nearest camera) and Jamilah, "Hello Girls" in the Ipoh telephone exchange, find little time for chit-chat in their busy six-hour day shifts
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31 August 1958 : Four pretty girls wearing ancient Chinese costumes on one of the floats in the Procession which climaxed the First Merdeka anniversary celebrations in Kuala Lumpur
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6 May 1959 : Hong Kong actress, Chang Chung-Wen, shakes hands with a fan at the Istana Pantai at Morib. She was attending a garden party given by The Mentri Besar of Selangor in honour of the delegates to the Sixth Asian Film Festival
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31 August 1957 : Witnessing a historical moment are two small children, pictured with a group of women in traditional costumes during the flag raising ceremony at Malaya House, Trafalgar Square in London, to mark the Independence of the Federation of Malaya
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16 September 1963 : The one hundred and ninety pupils of the Perak Chinese Secondary Girls School performed the Viennese Waltz at the Malaysia Day celebrations at Ipoh Padang in Perak
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23 February 1950: Basman (left) enjoying the Bengali roti buns and curry puffs sold by Adam Ghat (in the background). On the right is Adam’s Chinese customer
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22 February 1958 : Wearing their new dresses these little children are so happy to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Tras, the former ghost town of Pahang. It was high spirits for the first time in the once desolated town since the Emergency began
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16 March 1961: A customer is trying on a new songkok to be used during Hari Raya, at a stall lighted up by a gasoline lamp
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9 October 1972: Devotees lighting joss sticks and praying at a Kew Ong Yeah temple during the Nine Emperor Gods festival
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25 June 1972: Inmates of the Pengarah Ngang's longhouse performing the traditional Iban dance before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah and the Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tuanku Bahiyah
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6 December 1973: The two men of the Special Services Regiment are giving a display of "satindo" the regiment's own form of unarmed combat which takes the best from silat gayong and taekwondo
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30 September 1974: Three-year-old Cheah Wai Hoong (second from left), joined his cousin, Hew Wai Ling (extreme right), 3, and other friends in toting a lantern around at the home of his uncle, car salesman, Mr. Hew Tham Fook, in Ampang New Village
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6 November 1977: Models with different ways of tying sarees at a fashion parade. They are Chandra Ramalingam, 21, in a modern saree, Shanti Ramalingam, 16, as a Gujarati girl of North India, Yogeswary Selvanayagam, as a Kurati village girl from South India, Selvamalar Ayadurai, in an ordinary saree, and Seetha Navaratnam, as a South Indian dancer
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4 March 1982: All eyes on the models at the fashion show
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11 April 1985: Traffic policemen booking one of the mini buses in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur
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22 May 2015 : Kuala Lumpur - Shadow puppet play in conjunction with the opening of the Asean Puppetry Conference 2015 organised by the Persatuan Kakiseni with the cooperation of the National Culture and Arts Department Asean Puppetry Association at Dataran underground in Kuala Lumpur
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31 August 1957 : Five-year-old Kasmah, clutching her favourite doll and waving a malayan flag
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17 March 1958: These children had their lessons in the open-air classroom when they attended school on Tuesday, because their classroom was damaged by a strong wind that swept Kuala Lumpur on Monday evening
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11 May 1962: Some of the "freshie" girls who arrived at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur yesterday line up for a "thorn among the roses" picture. The "thorn" is "freshie" Phun, 19, from the Methodist Boys School, Penang. In the background is the dining hall of the 1st Residential College
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1948: Tun Abdul Razak posing with his fellow students in London. Picture shows from left to right: Ong Swee Keng, now a lawyer in Singapore, F.C. Arulanandom (now Mr. Justice Arulanandom), Tun Abdul Razak, Taib Andak (now Tan Sri Taib Andak, chairman of Malayan Banking) and Ng Ek Teong, now a lawyer in Malaysia
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1948: Tun Abdul Razak posing with his fellow students in London. Picture shows from left to right: Ong Swee Keng, now a lawyer in Singapore, F.C. Arulanandom (now Mr. Justice Arulanandom), Tun Abdul Razak, Taib Andak (now Tan Sri Taib Andak, chairman of Malayan Banking) and Ng Ek Teong, now a lawyer in Malaysia
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