The 20th century domestic water supply in Alor Setar, Kedah

Alor Setar was the earliest location in Kedah which received the implementation of the domestic water supply plan by the British beginning in 1909. This initiative was due to administrative, economic, health, population and other relevant factors. Thus, the British built several water plants and the...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Firdaus Abdullah, Arba’iyah Mohd Noor
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Language:	English
Published:	Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14261/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14261/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14261/1/36299-114480-1-SM.pdf

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spelling	ukm-142612020-02-14T23:46:29Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14261/ The 20th century domestic water supply in Alor Setar, Kedah Mohd Firdaus Abdullah, Arba’iyah Mohd Noor, Alor Setar was the earliest location in Kedah which received the implementation of the domestic water supply plan by the British beginning in 1909. This initiative was due to administrative, economic, health, population and other relevant factors. Thus, the British built several water plants and the projects turned into a water supply module in other locations in the Kedah state. This paper would like to see the role of the British in developing the water supply system in Alor Setar from 1909 to 1957. This research began in 1909 due to the introduction to British advisers in the state of Kedah and ended in 1957 as the year was the final phase of the British domination in Kedah before the independence of the Federation of Malaya on August 31, 1957. This research employed materials and data from the National Archives of Kedah / Perlis, National Archives of Malaysia, University of Malaya Main Library, the Kedah Public Library, Tun Sri Lanang Library of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Kedah Water Company (SADA). The results of the study found that British advisers in Kedah successfully abandoned the water supply module in Alor Setar and succeeded in raising the standard of living of the residents at the stated locations. Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14261/1/36299-114480-1-SM.pdf Mohd Firdaus Abdullah, and Arba’iyah Mohd Noor, (2019) The 20th century domestic water supply in Alor Setar, Kedah. Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, 46 (2). pp. 240-271. ISSN 2180-0251 http://ejournal.ukm.my/jebat/issue/view/1229
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description	Alor Setar was the earliest location in Kedah which received the implementation of the domestic water supply plan by the British beginning in 1909. This initiative was due to administrative, economic, health, population and other relevant factors. Thus, the British built several water plants and the projects turned into a water supply module in other locations in the Kedah state. This paper would like to see the role of the British in developing the water supply system in Alor Setar from 1909 to 1957. This research began in 1909 due to the introduction to British advisers in the state of Kedah and ended in 1957 as the year was the final phase of the British domination in Kedah before the independence of the Federation of Malaya on August 31, 1957. This research employed materials and data from the National Archives of Kedah / Perlis, National Archives of Malaysia, University of Malaya Main Library, the Kedah Public Library, Tun Sri Lanang Library of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Kedah Water Company (SADA). The results of the study found that British advisers in Kedah successfully abandoned the water supply module in Alor Setar and succeeded in raising the standard of living of the residents at the stated locations.
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title	The 20th century domestic water supply in Alor Setar, Kedah
title_short	The 20th century domestic water supply in Alor Setar, Kedah
title_full	The 20th century domestic water supply in Alor Setar, Kedah
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title_full_unstemmed	The 20th century domestic water supply in Alor Setar, Kedah
title_sort	20th century domestic water supply in alor setar, kedah
publisher	Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
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The 20th century domestic water supply in Alor Setar, Kedah

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