NAME AND HEADQUARTERS

The name of the Society is Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia(Malaysian Red Crescent Society - in English) and its area shall include the whole of Malaysia. The Headquarters of the Society shall be in Kuala Lumpur or in such place as the Council may decide from time to time.

The early years

The MRCS was born in 1948, out of a similar need and in a similar climate as the Red Cross itself. The Second World War and the Japanese occupation left parts of the country devastated. It was also the early years of the Emergency. The earliest Branches were set up in Sabah(then North Borneo) by the British Red Cross. In Peninsular Malaysia, a branch was established in Penang in 1950. By the end of 1952, Branches had been formed in Perak, Terengganu, Selangor, Malacca, Johor and Pahang. At the height of the Emergency, these Branches supplied 25 Red Cross teams for welfare work in new villages and kampungs.

The Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society

When Malaya gained its independence in 1957, The Society was established as the Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society by an Act of Parliament. Six years later, The Society was admitted as a number of The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Malaysian Red Cross Society

When Malaysia was formed in September 1963, an Act to incorporate The Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society and the Branches of the British Red Cross Society in Sabah, Sarawak(and Singapore) under the name "Malaysian Red Cross Society" was passed by parliament vide the Malaysian Red Cross Society(Incorporation)Act 1965(Act No.47 Of 1965).

Malaysian Red Crescent