Ceylon Association to hold centennial event to celebrate its long history

An old photo of the Ceylon Association of Perak’s committee.

The CEYLONESE community, mostly Tamil people from the Sri Lankan district of Jaffna, arrived in Malaya in the early 19th century and were highly sought after by the British administration for clerical and engineering work.

The early arrivals, who worked mostly in the civil service and railways, formed Ceylon Associations, starting in Taiping and Negri Sembilan.