A tall, thin book meant for school children in the UK. A companion book to “Exploring the World”. Colour illustrations on every page, covering Singapore, the development of Singapore, as well as Malaysia. Attempts to show the daily lives and trades of people here, with characters like Beng Khoo, Pa’Seman and others.
Contents:
- In a Busy City – Singapore
- A Shop in Singapore
- Beng Khoo Works in a Factory
- Making Bricks and Cement
- How Water Comes to Singapore
- A Vegetable Garden
- Pa’Seman, the Fisherman
- The Kelong Fishermen
- A Paddy Field in Kedah
- Workers on a Rubber Estate
- The Tree of a Hundred Uses
- Learning about Oil Palms
- A Pineapple Estate in Johore
- Andah lives Deep in the Malayan Forest
- A Class Outing to a Tin Mine
- Learning More about Tin Mining
- Transport by Road and Rail
- The Port Workers of Singapore
- Air Travel and Transport
- A Visit to a Timber Camp in Sabah
- Life in a Longhouse in Sarawak
- Mining “Black Gold”
- The Paddy Farmers of Thailand
- U Mah, the Elephant Boy
- The Sugar-cane Growers of the Philippines
