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TRIBUTE TO TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
MALIK bin Abdul Rahman. On the staff of the Malayan
Times, Kuala Lumpur.
M. SARAVANAMUTTU was Editor, Straits Echo, Penang
(1931-1947); Ceylon Commissioner in Malaya (1950-57); Ceylon
Minister to Indonesia (1954-57); Is now retired and living in
Penang.
J.S.H, CUNYNGHAM - BROWN O.B.E. - Retired member
of the Malayan Civil Service, living in Penang; was last President of
the Municipal Councillors, George Town. Hobbies, boating, hillclimbing,
history, drama and painting. Also travels a good deal in
Europe and Asia. Honorary Consular Agent for France and President
of L'Alliance Francaise Penang; Chairman of Malayan Association
of Discharged Prisoners' Aid Societies and serves on various
other committees, local and otherwise.
J. F. AUGUSTUS!.- Joined the Kedah Education Service in 1917
and retired in 1953, on reaching the age-limit. In 1954 the Kedah
Government recalled him to take up the duty post of Asst. Superintendent
of Education, Kedah and Perlis, from which he retired at the
beginning of 1958. In that year he was nominated to be a Member
of the Federal Legislative Council, and in November 1958 he represented
the Federation of Malaya at the Coronation of Pope John
XXIII who made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St.
Sylvester Pope. For his public services in Kedah the Sultan appointed
him a Justice of the Peace in 1953.
PAUL MARK AND AN.- Journalist and broadcaster since 1952.
Currently Managing Director of Far Eastern Features Service Ltd.
Has travelled widely in Far East, Pacific, U.S.A. & Canada on duty.
Received the 'Marsha// Award' from the Singapore Union of
Journalists in 1958 for his reports on 'The Shocking Lives of Malayan
Fishermen'. Publications include l The Problem of the New Villages
in Malaya (1955); 'Report on Finance, Commerce & Industry -
Federation of Malaya" (1960) and 'Media Studies on the Far East'
(1962); Television productions include 'Malaya - Land of Color
and Sunshine & "The Ma/ayan Story'- a one hour documentary on the
Emergency in Malaya.
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