1935
| Currency Rate to USD | 1.43 |
| GDP Per Capita (USD) | 85 |
| Population (millions) | 4.7 |
| Nasi Lemak Price | 10 cents |
| Teh Tarik Price | 6 cents |
| Urban Population Percentage | 15.9% |
British Colonial Era
Under British rule, life for folks in Malaya meant working the plantations, mining tin and rubber, crowded immigrant labour, sharp ethnic divisions, limited political voice.
Great Depression
A global economic crash that caused widespread poverty, unemployment, and loss of trust in financial, political, and social institutions.
Founding of Convent Datuk Keramat
On 14 January 1935, Rev. Mother Tarcisius of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus founded Convent Datuk Keramat High School in George Town, Penang, as a Chinese-medium girls' school to address the educational needs of the local Chinese community in British Malaya.
Enactment of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1935
The Criminal Procedure Code of 1935 was enacted in British Malaya to standardize criminal justice procedures across the Federated Malay States, modeled on the Indian Criminal Procedure Code of 1898, marking a key step in colonial legal modernization and influencing Malaysia's post-independence legal system.
Establishment of the Malay Women's Training College
The establishment of the Malay Women's Training College in 1935 represented a significant step in British colonial education policy in Malaya, aimed at training Malay women as teachers to support the expansion of primary education for girls while reinforcing social and racial hierarchies.
