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- Rumah Malaysia: A house with a significant past
- Malacca to build resort hospital in Ayer Keroh
| Posted: 18 Sep 2011 03:33 PM PDT HEALTH SCREENING Pantai Hospital Ayer Keroh (PHAK) will be having a free health screening at Menara Taming Sari on 24 September 2011 (Saturday) from 8.00am to 1.00pm in conjunction with the MTA Adventure Walk Fun Hunt 2011. All are welcome for the basic 3-point health check (blood glucose, blood pressure and body fat analysis/BMI). PHAK's dietitian will be present to provide free consultation. For enquiries, contact us at 06-232 1782/0072. MALACCA INVITATIONAL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Ten teams including outfits and clubs from the Malaysian Armed Forces and Johor will participate in the Malacca Central District Volleyball Association Invitational Championships at the Catholic High School Indoor Stadium in Jalan Gajah Berang from September 17-18. The two-day meet will be officially declared open by Malacca State Education, Youth and Sports Committee chairman Datuk Wira Gan Tian Loo. SIGN LANGUAGE Those wishing to learn sign language can attend classes organised by Johor Deaf Association at 64-01 Susur Larkin Perdana 2, Larkin perdana Johor Baru. For details, call 07 2320464. OPERA PERFORMANCE Members of the public can come enjoy the performance by the Johor Baru Teo Chew association, as they will be holding an opera performance at Sutera Mall. The performance will take place on Aug 31. For details, call 07-558 9009. CHANGE OF NUMBER The Muar Inland Revenue Department at Sungai Abong here has changed its telephone number from 06-9527000 to 06-9563100, beginning June 1. HANDICRAFT'S LURE Looking for unique and beautifully carved wooden and traditional batek and ceramic products for souvenirs or home decoration? Check out the Pahang Handicraft Corporation complex at Kampung Pandan II, Kuantan-Terengganu bypass. Opens from Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm. For details, call 09-538 5677. ZERO WASTE ZONE Kuantan Municipal Council (MPK) had launched the Zero Waste Zone 2011 and it is MPK's aspiration to ensure that Kuantan Town Centre becomes a zero waste zone from Jalan Tanah Putih in front of Giant Hypermarket to Teluk Cempedak. For details, call 09-5121 555/666 or log on to their website at www.mpk.gov.my CANCER COUNSELLING Mahkvota Medical Centre will be providing comprehensive cancer counselling services for free to the public, in collaboration with Malacca Cancer Society, every Friday from 4-6pm at No.76, Jalan Taman Melaka Raya 25, Taman Melaka Raya, Malacca. For details, call 06-285 2931 (Dr Sanjeev), 06-285 2975 (Dr Jayendran) or 06-285 0988 (Michaelina/Koh). |
| Rumah Malaysia: A house with a significant past Posted: 18 Sep 2011 03:33 PM PDT Built in the 1960s, Rumah Malaysia was the place where Sarawak's future was chartered. THE residence of the late Tan Sri Ling Beng Siew at No. 25, Jalan Lanang in Sibu is a house with a unique history and of great significance to Sarawak. The house, which is now vacant, was built in the early 1960s by Ling, who was the then Sarawak Chinese Association president. It was to this house in July, 1963 that Ling invited his colleagues, who were political leaders from various races in the Sarawak Alliance (SA) under the chairmanship of the late Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah Barieng, for a crucial meeting. These political leaders were from Sarawak National Party (SNAP), Parti Negara Sarawak (Panas), Barisan Rakyat Jati Sarawak (Barjasa), Sarawak Chinese Association (SCA) and Parti Pesaka Anak Sarawak (Pesaka). A conference was held in one of the rooms of the house to determine the destiny of Sarawak, whether it should remain a British colony or help form Malaysia as a sovereign and independent state. Sarawak chose independence through Malaysia and this choice has borne fruits of progress and prosperity for its citizens until this very day, 48 years later. Chu Hung Sheng, the editor of the book Rumah Malaysia, attributed this to the foresight of Ling, who recognised the importance of helping to form Malaysia to ensure Sarawak's political stability amid the then troubled times in South-East Asia. Sarawak was ruled for about a century by the White Rajahs until the Japanese Occupation in December, 1941. After the Pacific War ended in September 1945, the last White Rajah Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, ceded Sarawak to the British Crown in July 1946. The Federation of Malaya became an independent sovereign state on Aug 31, 1957. Singapore enjoyed internal self-government on June 3, 1959. Britain then had not decided when to grant independence to the three Borneo states of Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah. This prompted the first Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman, to suggest that Malaya should reach an understanding with Britain and the people of Singapore, North Borneo (now Sabah), Brunei and Sarawak to work out a plan to bring about closer political and economic cooperation among these territories. "This suggestion became one of the most seriously discussed issues of the day, both within and outside Sarawak. Most political leaders in these territories responded favourably, indicating their desire for the Malaysia concept to be brought into reality as early as possible," said Chu. The proposal was recognised as a satisfactory way of granting independence to the citizens of these British territories. The British government also felt that the Malaysia concept was the best way to relieve its responsibilities towards its colonies in South-East Asia. The plan would also enable the citizens of the few remaining British protectorates to gain earlier independence under stable condition and prosperity. According to history, at the end of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's Regional Conference in Singapore on July 23, 1961, delegates from Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo decided to form a Malaysia Solidarity Consultative Committee. Sarawak was represented by eight of its Cabinet members, namely Tun Abang Openg, Jugah, Tan Sri Ong Kee Hui, Datuk Temenggong Montegrai, Yeo Cheng Hoe, Ling, Datuk Amar James Wong and Reminguis Durin. In the meantime, Britain and Malaya agreed to set up a commission to get the views of the people of Sarawak and North Borneo on the Malaysia issue. The Cobbold Commission, in its Aug 1, 1962 report, concluded that the majority of the people of the two states were in favour of the Malaysia concept but they wanted assurance to safeguard the special interests and rights of their states. The Council Negri of Sarawak, which convened on Sept 26, 1962, unanimously welcomed the establishment of Malaysia on the basis that Sarawak's special rights would be guaranteed. Eight members of Council Negri were nominated by Sarawak Supreme Council to represent the state in the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) set up to work out the future constitutional arrangement, including safeguarding the special interests of the two states. Among them were Ling, Jugah, Datuk Abang Mustapha, who was the then chairman of Panas, and Montegrai. Five sub-committees were also set up under the IGC for the purpose. SUPP leaders, who participated in the Malaysia Consultative Committee, finally withdrew. SCA was thus formed under the chairmanship of the late Tan Sri William Tan, to make the voice of the Chinese heard on the matter. Ling was later elected as its first president and chairman of its Central Working Committee. On July 6, 1963, Sarawak's four-man delegation left for Singapore enroute to London to sign the Malaysia Agreement. In the delegation were Jugah (SA), Ling (SCA), Mustapha (Panas) and Abang Openg, being a member of the Council Negri. The Malaysia Agreement was signed three days later to provide for the creation of a new South-East Asian Federation of Malaysia on Aug 31 the same year comprising Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei. The latter, however, opted out at the last moment. On July 13, 1963, leaders of the four component parties in SA were invited by Ling to his residence for a top-level meeting to discuss matters of importance. Jugah chaired that meeting on July 17 and 18 during which SA defined its policy of forming the new government and securing independence for the state within the framework of Malaysia. On the night of July 18, through secret ballots, Sarawak's first Chief Minister-designate Tan Sri Stephen Kalong Ningkan was elected. On Aug 31, 1963, the Union Jack was flown for the last time in this part of Borneo and Sarawak as the state had attained self-rule. Sixteen days later, Sarawak finally achieved Independence within Malaysia. Sarawak's fourth chief minister, Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud had on Aug 29, 1983, declared the house as a historical site and named it Rumah Malaysia during the state's 20th Merdeka celebration through Malaysia. The official naming of this particular building, as Chu put it, was "a befitting gesture in recognition of its significance in the political history of Sarawak and a great honour to its owner, Tan Sri Ling Beng Siew". About 500 distinguished guests, who included the then Communication and Works Minister Tan Sri Dr Wong Soon Kai, and the first Chief Minister Ningkan, were present at the ceremony. Taib, in his speech that night, said it was a very important event as it was a night Sarawakians saw themselves in the historical perspective of the state. He would like Rumah Malaysia to be an inspiration to the younger generation, to refine the concept of the sharing of power to ensure that there would be effective participation of the Chinese, Iban, Malay, Melanau, Kayan, Kenyah and all others in the country so that the Sarawak that they loved would be served to benefit all. |
| Malacca to build resort hospital in Ayer Keroh Posted: 18 Sep 2011 03:33 PM PDT MALACCA: A specialist hospital with a resort concept, to be known as Hospital Pakar Hang Tuah, will be built in Ayer Keroh at an estimated cost of RM150 million, to promote health tourism in Malacca. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said it would be developed by Anggun Diversified, a Sarawak-based property developer on a 1.6ha site. It is scheduled to be completed in 2013. "The construction of the 'Resort Hospital' will comprise two phases with the first being the building for the specialist hospital at a cost of RM150mil while the second phase involves the building of health facilities and infrastructure at a cost of RM100mil," he said at the ground breaking ceremony for the hospital at Jalan Botanikal, Ayer Keroh here. Mohd Ali said the 13-storey building would have 150 rooms and 390 beds while the 10-storey five star resort would have 500 rooms. He added that three private hospitals are offering health tourism services here while another 35 of such hospitals provide health tourism services throughout the country. "Health Tourism is currently the best tourist package in Malacca with an average of 11,000 patients a month seeking such services, namely from Indonesia," he said. – Bernama. |
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