With 48 years of history, the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) has touched the lives of some 500,000 Malaysians. As the single largest plantation in the world, the agency has become the prime mover of the country’s economy. However, lately, the entire project has come under criticism and seems to be bogged down with various problems. A three-part series, starting today, will explore how the lives of settlers and the agency have changed over the years. In the first part, the articles will look at the inception of Felda and the country’s first land scheme. DEVID RAJAH, HAH FOONG LIAN, HANIM ADNAN and FLORENCE A. SAMY report
THE development of the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) can be traced back to before the country’s Independence.