Malaysia Agreement

treaty combining North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore into Malaya

The Malaysia Agreement or the Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore was the agreement which combined what is today Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore with the existing states of the Federation of Malaya,[1] now known as Malaysia.[2][3] Singapore was later expelled from Malaysia, becoming its own country 9 August 1965.[4]

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  1. Malaysia Act 1963
  2. See: The UK Statute Law Database: the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Malaysia Act 1963
  3. See: The UK Statute Law Database: the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 (c. 60)
  4. See: the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 and the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Singapore Act 1966.