This map is to help you find your way through the region. The centre of the district is Kulim. The estate is called BMR. It lies to the east of Kulim. Serdang is not marked and it is on the south side. The main industrial crop is Rubber. The whole region has undergone a tremendous change since the early days. Kulim is now the hub of many industries including the manufacture of IBM parts.



Imaging the dim past__ British administration period
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The Japanese Military Administration came to an abrupt end when it surrendered on the 15th of August 1945. This ushered a new phase in the history of the country. For several weeks before the arrival of the Allied Forces, the Malayan Peoples’ anti Japanese Army (MPAJA) took the opportunity to emerge from the jungle. In their new green uniform and their three star-cap they went on a rampage arresting and killing the traitors who co-operated with the Japanese. As soon as the British and Indian troops arrived the British Military Administration (BMA) was established and the ugly phase was put to an end..
We were transferred back to BMR to find the former house being occupied by two families and we were left with one room to ourselves. The illegal occupants were evicted within days. While we were there we helped mum to sell home made cakes to keep ourselves occupied. What dad did to regain the confidence of the British administrators and to move back into active service remains a mystery. Before we were properly settled we were uprooted again. This time we found ourselves transferred to Sungai Patani. It was here where we saw the Japanese prisoners of war at close quarters being made to clean up the environment and to repair sewage pipes.
No sooner had we settled down we were move to Ipoh. We were there for six months. Dad got me and Gilbert admitted into St. Michael’s Institution in the middle of the year and we had some difficulty because the classes were chockablock. I was put in standard three.
Dad was given a choice between going to Christmas Island or Badenock Estate (between Kuala Ketil and Baling -- see map)-- some distance away from Kulim, towards the northeast. He chose the latter. Since we had to continue with our education mum decided to settle in Kulim. Life became more stable and the first thing we did was to go back to school to resume our education which was very chequered.