Singapore
June 11th 1877
22 rubber seedling send from Kew Gardens to Singapore.
11 planted in Botanic Gardens Singapore
Kuala Kangsar
October 1877
Sir Hugh Low ( 3rd Resident of Perak ) planted 9 rubber seedlings in Kuala Kangsar.
Only 1 survived today.
June 11th 1877
22 rubber seedling send from Kew Gardens to Singapore.
11 planted in Botanic Gardens Singapore
Kuala Kangsar
October 1877
Sir Hugh Low ( 3rd Resident of Perak ) planted 9 rubber seedlings in Kuala Kangsar.
Only 1 survived today.
Seremban
1877 1 rubber seed was planted in Seremban, right in front of British Residents’ Official residence.
1883 A
few rubber trees were planted in Linsum Estate ( owned by Thomas Heslop Hill ),
amongst the coffee.
1902 1
picul ( 130 pounds ) of rubber produced from Linsum Estate and sold to England
for 3s 10d
Melaka
1896 Tan
Chay Yan 陳齊賢
( 1871-1916 ) planted 43 acre of rubber
at Bukit Lintang Malacca. Thus established
the first rubber plantation in Malaya.
It is also first rubber plantation in Asia.
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