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I went to Chowrasta Market (upstairs) in Penang to get some old books on Malaysia's history. I told the eldest-looking Mamu, "Saya mau itu buku sejarah ... History - Malayan independence. You kasi cari, saya mau beli". I'm not a history buff. I only read history to write something on history. Then I forget history altogether until another time I need to write another post on history. That is history to me.
Altogether, I have five books on Malayan & Malaysian history. They are heavy reading stuff for me. I bought them just to read about our Tunku, initially. The Tunku is well-liked by Malaysians.
I heard about Tunku when I was a little girl and when I first entered school in 1965 in Alor Star. Tunku was from Kedah. That time, I only knew his name.
My father told me about Tunku's wife, the Peranakan Arab wife, Sharifah Rodziah. At the time I was a teenager and we were driving home in Malacca. I don't remember much of what my father said but I remember he said the w
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[Editor’s note: This 1947 biographical sketch is part of the Tan Cheng Lock Private Papers Collection. It is dated 21 November 1947 and reflects his deep roots/interests in business and the Malayan Chinese community. He died in 1960 at the age of 77.
The sketch and a brief timeline of Tan Cheng Lock’s activities from 1947 to 1949 were included in the 1989 edition of a finding aid for his private papers held at ISEAS Library: Tan Cheng Lock papers: a descriptive list, compiled by and edited by P. Lim Pui Huen with the assistance of Mercedes Cheong. The text of the sketch is reproduced here in full, followed by an abstract from the same book about his activities from 1949 to 1959. The images are from Folio 33 of the Tan Cheng Lock papers and have been added to this post for illustrative purposes only.]
TUN DATO’ SIR CHENG LOCK TAN
A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH*
*Reprint of a biographical sketch found among the Tan Cheng Lock Papers, see TCL.8.7.
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This article first appeared in Personal Wealth, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on August 22 - 28, 2016.
Enduring value
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