Malaysia Forever: an alternate history
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A Malaysian alternate history what-if project, with live posts from 60 years ago.
[25/11/65] A blackout has hit Petaling Jaya following a “violent” rainstorm tonight.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
[25/11/65] A blackout has hit Petaling Jaya following a “violent” rainstorm tonight.
[25/11/65]* Tun Abdul Razak has sharply criticised MP D. R. Seenivasagam (PPP - Ipoh) for frequently claiming without basis that the people were disillusioned with Alliance policies.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
[25/11/65]* Tun Abdul Razak has sharply criticised MP D. R. Seenivasagam (PPP - Ipoh) for frequently claiming without basis that the people were disillusioned with Alliance policies.
[25/11/65] The Royal Malaysia Police have warned the public not to handle suspicious packages or parcels following the recovery of a number of time bombs with booby traps left by Indonesian saboteurs.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
[25/11/65] The Royal Malaysia Police have warned the public not to handle suspicious packages or parcels following the recovery of a number of time bombs with booby traps left by Indonesian saboteurs.
[25/11/65]* Dato (Dr) Ismail today declared that the Government was justified in paying for former Education Minister Abdul Rahman Talib’s legal expenses because he was considered a Government officer.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
[25/11/65]* Dato (Dr) Ismail today declared that the Government was justified in paying for former Education Minister Abdul Rahman Talib’s legal expenses because he was considered a Government officer.
[25/11/65]* The University of Singapore Students’ Union has joined its counterparts in the University of Malaya in condemning the Central Government’s “attempt to squander public money” by paying the legal expenses of former Education Minister Abdul Rahman Talib.
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
[25/11/65]* The University of Singapore Students’ Union has joined its counterparts in the University of Malaya in condemning the Central Government’s “attempt to squander public money” by paying the legal expenses of former Education Minister Abdul Rahman Talib.
[25/11/65] The Singapore Labour Ministry has intervened in the dispute between the Port of Singapore Authority and the SHBSA which led to an overtime ban for waterboats in the harbour.
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
[25/11/65] The Singapore Labour Ministry has intervened in the dispute between the Port of Singapore Authority and the SHBSA which led to an overtime ban for waterboats in the harbour.
[25/11/65] Sarawak CM Dato Stephen Ningkan warns of the dangers of sluggish development in the State: “Such a situation will inevitably invite exploitation prejudicial to Malaysian aspirations of better things to come.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
[25/11/65] Sarawak CM Dato Stephen Ningkan warns of the dangers of sluggish development in the State: “Such a situation will inevitably invite exploitation prejudicial to Malaysian aspirations of better things to come.”
[25/11/65] The Commissioner for Road Transport has warned that it is illegal for taxis to refuse a fare without reasonable excuse, following a threatened boycott of British servicemen by the Transport Workers’ Union.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
[25/11/65] The Commissioner for Road Transport has warned that it is illegal for taxis to refuse a fare without reasonable excuse, following a threatened boycott of British servicemen by the Transport Workers’ Union.
[25/11/65]* The NTUC is understood to be considering whether to call on its members to sell off their National Defence Bonds in protest against the $88,323 allocation for the legal expenses of former Education Minister Abdul Rahman Talib.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
[25/11/65]* The NTUC is understood to be considering whether to call on its members to sell off their National Defence Bonds in protest against the $88,323 allocation for the legal expenses of former Education Minister Abdul Rahman Talib.
[25/11/65] Health Minister Bahaman Samsudin has urged nurses not to be afraid of serving on the East Coast.
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
[25/11/65] Health Minister Bahaman Samsudin has urged nurses not to be afraid of serving on the East Coast.
[25/11/65] The Finance Ministry has announced the issuance of a new $55m cash loan to fund development under the First Malaysia Plan.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
[25/11/65] The Finance Ministry has announced the issuance of a new $55m cash loan to fund development under the First Malaysia Plan.
[25/11/65] Tun Abdul Razak today declared that Malaysia would have a well-trained standing army backed by large reserves for the nation’s defence. This would help restrain ballooning spending on the military.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
[25/11/65] Tun Abdul Razak today declared that Malaysia would have a well-trained standing army backed by large reserves for the nation’s defence. This would help restrain ballooning spending on the military.
[25/11/65] The Chemical Company of Malaysia is to offer half of its issued capital of $30m for public subscription.
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 AM
[25/11/65] The Chemical Company of Malaysia is to offer half of its issued capital of $30m for public subscription.
[25/11/65] Malacca has allocated $50,000 for a feasibility study into obtaining water from the Muar River.
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
[25/11/65] Malacca has allocated $50,000 for a feasibility study into obtaining water from the Muar River.
[25/11/65]* Dato (Dr) Ismail has declared that the Government will “never kneel or crawl to win friends.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
[25/11/65]* Dato (Dr) Ismail has declared that the Government will “never kneel or crawl to win friends.”
[25/11/65] American officials say Malaysia has yet to make a formal request for aid to finance the First Malaysia Plan.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
[25/11/65] American officials say Malaysia has yet to make a formal request for aid to finance the First Malaysia Plan.
[25/11/65] Kuantan councillor Kong Siew Hock has condemned the three-digit lottery as a “menace,” deploring in particular the “silly and queer experiences” people subjected themselves to in hopes of getting a winning number.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
[25/11/65] Kuantan councillor Kong Siew Hock has condemned the three-digit lottery as a “menace,” deploring in particular the “silly and queer experiences” people subjected themselves to in hopes of getting a winning number.
[24/11/65] Workers at the National Iron and Steel Mills in Jurong are threatening a strike if the management fails to meet the union's claims for transport, housing, and nightshift allowances.
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
[24/11/65] Workers at the National Iron and Steel Mills in Jurong are threatening a strike if the management fails to meet the union's claims for transport, housing, and nightshift allowances.
[24/11/65] Top Indonesian intelligence sources indicate that Indonesian Communist Party chairman D. N. Aidit, seen as the mastermind of Confrontation, has been captured.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
[24/11/65] Top Indonesian intelligence sources indicate that Indonesian Communist Party chairman D. N. Aidit, seen as the mastermind of Confrontation, has been captured.
[24/11/65]* Sales of National Defence Bonds crossed the $9m mark today.
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
[24/11/65]* Sales of National Defence Bonds crossed the $9m mark today.
[24/11/65] Rothmans today defended the clock at Subang Airport as “a present to the country.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
[24/11/65] Rothmans today defended the clock at Subang Airport as “a present to the country.”
[24/11/65] The Economic Planning Unit is to send a team to Sabah to investigate the cause of the rising costs of living in the State.
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
[24/11/65] The Economic Planning Unit is to send a team to Sabah to investigate the cause of the rising costs of living in the State.
[24/11/65] The Pan-Malayan Coffee Shop Dealers’ Association has announced that all soft drinks sold in coffee shops should revert to the pre-November 1963 price of 25 cents following the abolition of the crown cork tax.
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
[24/11/65] The Pan-Malayan Coffee Shop Dealers’ Association has announced that all soft drinks sold in coffee shops should revert to the pre-November 1963 price of 25 cents following the abolition of the crown cork tax.
[24/11/65] Straits tin is down $5.875 to close at $682.25 a picul today.
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
[24/11/65] Straits tin is down $5.875 to close at $682.25 a picul today.
[24/11/65] The MTUC is to begin a boycott campaign against British servicemen in Malaya tomorrow evening if the War Department refuses to reopen negotiations with the WDCSA. First to act will be the TWU, which will ban British servicemen from buses and taxis.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
[24/11/65] The MTUC is to begin a boycott campaign against British servicemen in Malaya tomorrow evening if the War Department refuses to reopen negotiations with the WDCSA. First to act will be the TWU, which will ban British servicemen from buses and taxis.