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Kedah [ˈkɛdə] n (Placename) a state of NW Malaysia: under Thai control until it came under the British in 1909; the chief exports are rice, tin, and rubber. Capital: Alor Star. Pop.: 1 572 107 (2000 est.). Area: 9425 sq. km (3639 sq. miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Tiny Perlis and neighboring Kedah both saw UMNO stave off a strong PAS challenge in 1999, but it was shaken by the Kedah result, which saw PAS take 12 out of 36 state assembly seats and seven out of 15 parliamentary seats. Vandals could not break into the locked Christ the King Church in the northern state of Kedah, so had to be content with burning some furniture. Courtenay reiterates the now familiar argument about British colonial neglect of the rice sector, partly due to its general attitude towards the Malay peasantry, and partly due to the fact that most of the wet rice areas were in the northern Unfederated Malay States of Kedah, Perlis and Kelantan. |
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