Show ala kota begalor star I 1 11 george TO TN tunas an fn i kuala tr veld LAYO TIN 0 0 kuant an ES rt 11 ette nham RP be k 0 MALAY STATES STATE S rice STATUTE MILES no coffae 0 rubber MR coconuts 0 tf pineapples 0 Hard hardwoods woodi 0 prepared by the N national geographic society iclet y 1 I the above map explains in detail th the e source of the important products product obtained on the malay peninsula ho most sa important of these supplies a as indicated are arc rubber tin pineapples and other tropical farm products japan already entrenched in french indo calia reportedly could use many of the products now going to the united states and great britain peninsula the ore Is dredged from tremendous open pits along with tin miners dig tor for smaller amounts ot of gold iron manganese lead and tungsten the latter is vital for making the filament used in electric light bulbs the laborers who first mined the tin and who did much ot of the work 0 of f clearing the jungles were not the native Af slays but chinese the latter came to the region in large numbers and now make up about two fifths of the malay states population of some the malays balays short brown skinned and thickset thick set with straight black hair are a clever people but like many residents of hot countries they are not overly indus industrious triou s one reason is that food clothing and shelter are not hard to obtain many of the malays balays wear only a jacket and a sarong uve live in clusters of bamboo or thatched huts built on piles and eat little besides rice and fish british development development of the malay states has been in the hands of the british ever since sir stamford Stam tord raffles an englishman who envisioned a great future for the region founded the port of singapore in 1819 its site on an island at the southern tip of the peninsula was then part ot of the jungle but now singapore has grown into a colorful cosmopolitan city one of the worlds leading ports its importance as a shipping center is derived from its situation ships traveling between the pacific 1 and the indian oceans pass it singa i pores wharves handle not only malay rubber and tin the latter is smelted smelter in the city but the riches of the netherlands indies and thailand the british have fortified the port as their largest foreign naval base |