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This blog contains my ideas from all facets of my life: my very contrarian ideas on management and business transformation developed under Jimeu Consultants; very fascinating facts from Malaysian socio-political history; my insights into the geopolitics and everyday living of the world around us as well as exploring the traditions of the Church.
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16 The Englishmen who founded the MCA
Chinese people have been in south-east Asia for two thousand years since the Han Dynasty and some settled largely as traders, fisherman...
Mar 18, 202422 min read
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15 - Races working together
The first five months of 1948 was a rather good period for Umno. Â The Federation of Malaya was set up on February 1 with a constitution...
Feb 29, 202415 min read
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14 - Education system in Malaya
The position of the education minister has historically been especially important in Malaysian politics. Each and every successor to the...
Jan 12, 202419 min read
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013 - Opposition to the Anglo-Umno front and the Hartal
Non-Malay response to Malayan Union In contrast to the widespread, spontaneous and highly impassioned Malay opposition to the Malayan...
Dec 12, 202313 min read
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012 Onn Jaafar - a visionary but a deeply flawed man
Much has been made in history about being the right person at the right place at the right time. However, most of us are pretty much...
Nov 3, 202312 min read
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011 Malayan Union - the Malay response
One of the British Military Administration's first instructions from London was to announce the Malayan Union proposals. The response...
Sep 22, 20229 min read
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010 A very ordinary Malayan woman, but brave
It was during a holiday visit to Penang that we chanced across the story of Sybil Kathigsu displayed at old Assumption Catholic Cathedral....
Aug 7, 20224 min read
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009 War and the bloody interregnum
It was a divided nation that the Japanese invaded in December 1941. The Japanese occupation divided the country even further, preparing...
Jul 20, 202211 min read
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008 Flags of the independence movement
Malaysians may remember an incident about a decade ago, where some young men were arrested for flying a flag said to be a...
May 24, 20224 min read
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007 The first attempt at Merdeka
Early Malay nationalist movements in Malaya were rather moderate and limited their objectives. For instance, they pool funds to buy land...
May 11, 20226 min read
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006 A most colourful Malayan
Of all the photos I came across in my research, the one above intrigued me most. It is the office of the Communist Party of Malaya in...
Apr 24, 20225 min read
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005 Malays becoming a minority
The decennial census A rapid economic expansion, especially during the Great European War of 1914-18, was brought about by the heavy...
Apr 6, 202212 min read
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004 Malaysia's first Nobel Prize nominee
In 2013, Mohd Nasarudin Mohd Yusof created quite a stir in a nation hungry for international recognition by being on the stage when...
Mar 4, 20224 min read
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003 Migration into Malaya
It should be remembered that the British did not enter Asia to colonise - not initially at least. The vehicle for the British entry into...
Feb 8, 20228 min read
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002 Malaysian Number Plates
Many of us are not aware of how much of our history from the British colonial days is alive with us today beyond the legacy of colonial...
Jan 26, 20224 min read
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001 How Malay became a nationality rather than just a race
Why our constitution defines a Malay the way it does The law One interesting feature of our constitution is the definition of a Malay,...
Jan 15, 20225 min read
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Currents of history
People often ask me how I maintain my optimism in face of setbacks and a despairing world. Call me over-analytical but here is what I...
Jan 14, 20225 min read
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