THE FIRST AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW WAS HELD IN KUALA LUMPUR IN 1904, FOLLOWED BY PENANG IN 1905 AND IN SINGAPORE THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE SHOW WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND HEAR OF THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. SONG ONG SIANG IN HIS BOOK "A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE CHINESE IN SINGAPORE" NOTED THAT MORE EUROPEAN FIRMS THAN CHINESE TOOK PART IN THE DISPLAYS.
1906
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