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title: Adult Education Week (Chinese and English poster distributed in Malaya)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/adult-education-week-chinese-1952/
description: A Malayan adult-education poster. A mixed group of men and women in Malay, Chinese and Indian dress, carrying books. (1 of 3)
section: Collection
---

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# Adult Education Week (Chinese and English poster distributed in Malaya)

A Malayan adult-education poster. A mixed group of men and women in Malay, Chinese and Indian dress, carrying books, walk along a winding road toward a rising sun and a signpost reading 'Success'; the text urges readers to enroll in adult education for 'a better Malaya'. The tell is glittering-generalities: 'success' and 'a better Malaya' are virtue words with no stated course, cost or outcome.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (Multiple) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ADULT EDUCATION
成人教育
SUCCESS
成功

ADULT EDUCATION
LEADS THE WAY
TO A BETTER MALAYA
ENROLL TODAY

參加成人教育班
建立良好的聯合邦

[handwritten, blue ink:] Chinese / Adult Education Week / PO-138 for Kuala L.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Adult education. Success. Adult education leads the way to a better Malaya. Enroll today. Join adult education classes; build a good Federation. (Chinese text: 'Adult education', 'Success', 'Join adult education classes / build a good Federation'.)
```

Languages: English and Chinese. The handwritten note is an archival annotation, read approximately.

[← Now is NOT the time for an old soldier to come to the aid of his party](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/old-soldier-aid-of-his-party-typewriter-1952/) [Adult Education Week (Tamil and English poster distributed in Malaya) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/adult-education-week-tamil-1952/)

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