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Charles & Keith Pte. Ltd., styled as CHARLES & KEITH and also known as C&K, is a Singaporean fashion house label founded in 1996, specializing in footwear, handbags and fashion accessories. [1] Based in Singapore, the brand has a global footprint, operating more than 600 stores worldwide across 37 countries.
The Malaya Command was a formation of the British Army formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya, which comprised the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States. [1]
Federated Malay States, Malayan Union, Federation of Malaya № Portrait Name Tenure From Until High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States (1896–1946) 1 Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell: 01 january 1896 7 December 1899 2 James Alexander Swettenham: 8 December 1899 18 February 1901 3 Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham: 26 ...
Captain (Quartermaster) William Richard James Stanger, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force. Royal Air Force Acting Wing Commander Charles Austin Percival Noseworthy (102362), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve .
In Malay tradition, a person must be by the side of the dying sultan to be considered as a new ruler. Tengku Abdul Rahman was present when the old sultan died. Tengku Hussein was not happy with the development, while the temenggung who was in charge of Singapore preferred Tengku Hussein to the younger brother. [citation needed]
The ambassador of the United States of America to Malaysia is the head of the United States's diplomatic mission to Malaysia. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based in the Embassy of the United States, Kuala Lumpur .
Although Malaya was effectively governed by the British, the Malays held de jure sovereignty over Malaya. A former British High Commissioner, Hugh Clifford, urged "everyone in this country [to] be mindful of the fact that this is a Malay country, and we British came here at the invitation of Their Highnesses the Malay Rulers, and it is our duty to help the Malays to rule their own country."
The anti-cession movement of Sarawak (Malay: Gerakan Anti-Penyerahan Sarawak) was a movement in Sarawak to fight against the British attempt to govern Sarawak as a crown colony rather than a protectorate ruled by the White Rajahs. The movement lasted from 1 July 1946 until March 1950.