This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1929, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
Incumbent political figures
Central level
- Governor of Federated of Malay States and Unfederated of Malay States, Governor of Straits Settlements: Sir Hugh Clifford
State level
Perlis :
Johore :
Kedah :
Kelantan :
Terengganu :
Selangor :
- British Residents of Selangor : James Lornie
- Sultan of Selangor : Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
Penang :
- Malacca :
- Residents-Councillor :
- Bertram Walter Elles (to 6 April)
- Cecil Harry George Clarke (from 6 April)
- Residents-Councillor :
Negri Sembilan :
- British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
- Yamtuan Besar: Tuanku Muhammad Shah ibni Almarhum Tuanku Antah
Pahang :
- British Residents of Pahang : Charles Francis Joseph Green
- Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abdullah al-Mu’tasim Billah[1]
Perak :
Events
- 3 June – Ala'Iddin Sulaiman Shah, KCMG, Sultan of Selangor, is designated Honorary Knight Grand Cross by King George V of the United Kingdom in the 1929 Birthday Honours.[2]
- date unknown – John Archibald Russell begins growing Boh tea in the Cameron Highlands, starting Malaya's tea industry.[3]
Births
- 17 January – Tan Boon Teik, 2nd Attorney-General of Singapore (d. 2012)
- 22 March – P. Ramlee, actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer (d. 1973)
- 25 March – Abdul Hamid Omar, 1st Chief Justice of Malaysia (d. 2009)[4]
- 28 March – Ong Pang Boon, Singaporean politician
- 5 April – David E. L. Choong, badminton player (d. 2011)
- 12 July – Usman Awang, poet, playwright and novelist (d. 2001)
- 25 August – Salleh Abas, judge and politician (d. 2021)
- 18 December – Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (d. 2017)
Deaths
- 16 November – Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong, Malay ulama (b. 1868)
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Malay States". World Statesman. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. pp. 3665–3682.
- ^ Neil Wilson (1 September 2000). AAA Essential Malaysia. Simon & Schuster. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8442-0132-0.
- ^ "Hamid Omar Remembered". The Sun Daily (Malaysia). 1 September 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
