In most instances in the past, these religious communities ‘lived side
by side but remained institutionally and culturally separate’. Malays
lived in villages known as kampong, engaging in agriculture, fishing and
handicraft and a host of other peasant activities. There were Malays in
towns and urban centers. However, their number was not significant.
Mostly urban Malays worked in the government sector. There were the
occasional ‘resident stranger’ of Chinese origin in Malay villages who
acted as middlemen linking Malay peasants in the village and the markets
in towns. But mostly, Chinese lived in towns, engaging in trading
activities, or near the tin mines. There were also Chinese villages, mainly
squatting on state land. Most Indians lived in rubber estates, but some
lived in towns and engaged in services and trading activities. Inter-ethnic
interactions rarely took place, and were restricted mainly to market
places. There were even separate schools for the children of each of
these communities.
In most instances in the past, these religious communities ‘lived sideby side but remained institutionally and culturally separate’. Malayslived in villages known as kampong, engaging in agriculture, fishing andhandicraft and a host of other peasant activities. There were Malays intowns and urban centers. However, their number was not significant.Mostly urban Malays worked in the government sector. There were theoccasional ‘resident stranger’ of Chinese origin in Malay villages whoacted as middlemen linking Malay peasants in the village and the marketsin towns. But mostly, Chinese lived in towns, engaging in tradingactivities, or near the tin mines. There were also Chinese villages, mainlysquatting on state land. Most Indians lived in rubber estates, but somelived in towns and engaged in services and trading activities. Inter-ethnicinteractions rarely took place, and were restricted mainly to marketplaces. There were even separate schools for the children of each ofthese communities.
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