Malaysia: Tanah Merah Rubber plantation 1952

Heavily guarded British rubber plantation which I thought to be in Kelantan, but one of my viewers remarked that it was near Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan, not kelantan... Viewer Faiz Sathi Abdullah wrote: Yes, the estate is now owned by Sime Darby... but I know it very well because I was born there in 1952 when it was Tanah Merah Estate (so known until the late 70s I think). There were several "divisions" of the Guthrie-owned estate then, the bigger ones being "B1" close to the town of Sepang (later Mann Estate, where I was born), A1 (or Tanah Merah 10") and A9 (Tanah Merah 9"). The largest containing the main Guthrie administrative offices was A9, and the video clips shown here were probably taken here... Indeed, even today when the highway from KL to Seremban/Port Dickson is jammed with traffic,
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