The NEI driving on the left has probably historical reasons. Most of Africa does as well as Asia (Japan included). Also Dutch colonies in the West Indies did and Surinam still does. Probably at the time they had to decide on a fixed rule one looked at neighbouring countries.
Interestingly the Dutch railroads use the right hand track whereas the Belgian, French Portuguese etc use the lefthand: they were built by British engineers who just did what they thought was right. The Dutch railroads were copies of the German Bahne and were first connected to them for geographical reasons. These rode on the right. A Dutch train going into Belgium has to change tracks at the frontier.
Is it true the Ford production facilities in Singapore were only built in 1941?
I am sorry, but so far I have not come accross any pre-war NEI business listings or similar.
I will check some magazines for advertising though!
Nuyt
Last edited by nuyt; 23-03-04 at 17:12.
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