UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA 1949 TO 1985 ITS ESTABLISHMENT, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
This Book is about the University of Malaya from 1949 to 1985, with special reference to the University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and its early establishment, growth and development. The latter was the only University in Malaysia up to 1968. It began as the Kuala Lumpur campus of the former Univers...
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Format: | Manuscript Book |
Language: | English |
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Kuala Lumpur
University of Malaya Press
2013
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Summary: | This Book is about the University of Malaya from 1949 to 1985, with special reference to the University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and its early establishment, growth and development. The latter was the only University in Malaysia up to 1968. It began as the Kuala Lumpur campus of the former University of Malaya in mid 1957. The Non-Faculty Department of Engineering was moved then from Singapore to occupy a building of 65,000 square feet. The building was designed by the Public Works Department of the Government and built under its supervision in the record time of six weeks. The building, with renovations and extensions, is still being used by the Faculty of Engineering. In January 1959, the former University was reconstituted as a University with two equal and autonomous Divisions, one in Singapore under the name of "University of Malaya in Singapore" and the other in Kuala Lumpur under the name of "University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur". On 1st January 1962, the University was split into two separate .. |
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Item Description: | Includes index |
Physical Description: | xii, 465 pages photographs 23 cm |
ISBN: | 9789831005804 |