ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315828060/49546f0e-ce84-4e70-9b40-7107f16ee305/content/fig_t_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>O-DAY, in Singapore, there are a number of offshoots of the Triad or Hung Society, most of them being in the hands of the least reputable elements of society. They may conveniently be divided into two main groups. Those which are purely Chinese, which in reality are merely the Hung Society under another name, and those consisting principally of Malays. The latter are Mahommedans, and important modifications have been introduced into their ceremonies, of which perhaps the most interesting is the use of a peculiar method of shaking hands as a way of indicating membership. The Chinese do not usually shake hands with each other, although they clasp their own hands when bowing, but the Malays do, and an interesting field of speculation is opened up by the presence of the peculiar grip to which we shall refer later. It seems probable that it comes from some of the Mahommedan Secret Societies, such as those which abound among the Dervishes in the Near East, who have a ceremony very similar to Freemasonry.
