Keluarga Malaysia Teguh Bersama

Individual had access to government officials when the headmen, or penghulu , preserved peace and kept population records as British law was introduced in 1826. The tengchu  of the Cheng Hoon Teng temple whose appointment was confirmed by the British authorities became leaders to the Chinese community.

Side by side, both the British flag and the Dutch flag flew till December 1795 when the Dutch flag was lowered to impress old Malaccans that the British were in control. This enriched Malacca history.

When the French overran Holland in 1795, the English East India Company sent a force to Malacca led by Major Archibald Brown who handed a letter to Governor Abraham Couperus to place the settlement under British protection.

With the Dutch rule from 1818 to 1825 and the Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945, the British ruled Malacca from 1795 to 1957. Tunku Abdul Rahman proclaimed Independence on 1st. August, 1957.

The end of the Dutch rule was in sight by the time the last governor, Abraham Couperus, arrived in Malacca in 1788. The eventual triumph of the English was merely a matter of time as Francis Light received letters from every Malay rulers.

In the burst of nostalgia, a British sea captain remarked in 1711 that Malacca reminded him of his small sea ports in England.