SSF1033 INTRODUCTION TO MALAYSIAN SOCIAL HISTORY

COMMUNALOU
YEA

 Another student organisation was started at Victoria

InstitutionfollowingW orldW ar II.
 ThePersuratan Penuntut M elayu Kuala Lumpur

(PPM KL) wasoriginally established in 1946 asthe

Kesatuan Melayu VictoriaInstitution.
 This group's goal was to aid Malay students in their

academicendeavours.

UTLOOK- EARLY
ARS

 Later, a number of Malay students created their

own organisations with goals similar to those of

KPPMS. Aminudin Baki has pushed all Malay

student organisations to come together in order to

bring them all together.
 The Gabungan Pelajar M elayu Semenanjung

(GPMS) concludedin1948.
 To assist M alay students, GPM S is turning

increasingly toward social welfare organisations.

ANTI-BRITISHINDEPE

 Some students concentrate onanti-British movements in
"MelayuRaya/ IndonesiaRaya.“

 Chinesestudents became attracted to socialist ideology
ChineseCommunist Revolution'ssuccess.

 Students startedspeaking upmoreandtakinginitiative.
 Chineseschoolssufferunrestandstrikes.
 This societywasforbidden by Britain dueofCommunist in
 With the creationof the Sarawak Overseas Chinese De

communistinfluencein studentgroupscontinued.
 Anothermethodby whichcommunistscan enticepupils

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nsteadof the principlesof
y in the wake of the 1949

influence.
emocraticYouth League,

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Mala
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owned

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UMSU

e significant newgroups that organised the student movement in
aysia were the University of Malaya Students Union
M SU), University of M alaya M alay Language Society
MUM), andSocialistClub(SC).

ents at UM attempted to become more fully independent and
edgreater freedom.

hasiswa Negara, a newspaper, a bus, and a canteen were all
dby UMSU.

ker'sCorner startedin1966.

ELECTION 1969

 Despitenot runningascandidates,the student movementpa

1969 election.
 Rather, they expressed their opinions on a range of topics,

issues, politics, and economics.
 Theypublishedtheirownplatform andtravelledto13legislat

theseatsfall toopposition) .
 Theyaskedvoterstobackcandidateswhoagreedwiththeirpl
 They condemned politicalpartiesthat ran onracial concern

of democracy, socialjustice, andpublicpolicy.
 Students calledfor PM TunkuAbdul Rahman toresign fol

13incident.
 A group led by Anwar Ibrahim accused Tunku of being

leaderby failingtosupportMalays andsufficientlyadvance
 On the other hand, Syed Hamid Ali's socialist students cr

governmental, economic, and social policies.

participated in the

, including social

tivedistricts(9 of

platform.
nsinstead of those

ollowing the May

g ineffective as a
ethe useof Malay.
criticised Tunku's

TheGovernment Strik

 TheUniversity AndUniversity CollegeA
enactedby thegovernmentasameansofc

 Student protestsanddemonstrationsresult
 Policeandprotestleadersassaultedduring
 Many seniorleaderswerejailed.

ikes Back

Act, 1971was
controllingstudents.
ted from this.
g demonstrations.