A Malay woman in a rubber plantation in the Malay Peninsula

Rubber was first introduced in Malaya in 1877. Rubber seedlings were first planted in Kuala Kangsar and before long, rubber plantations started to appear all over Malaya.

 

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A Malay woman in a rubber plantation in the Malay Peninsula

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