Gary Gillman has just completed a major paper on the history of beer in British Malaya, in #184 of the journal Brewery History, just published. Many fascinating points of social, cultural, and business history emerge. These include a discussion of the rare Bass Purple Triangle Pale Ale, the Raffles Hotel beer list c. 1939, and the fact that a RAF squadron badge was inspired by the label for Tiger beer.
For further details, see Gary’s blogpost: https://www.beeretseq.com/new-writing-malaya-beer-history/