48. Dr Ariffin bin Ngah Marzuki (1925-2019)

Dr Ariffin bin Ngah Marzuki (born 1925)

MBBS 1953 UM

Date of birth: 3 September 1925

Place of birth: Kampung Kota Lama Kiri, Kuala Kangsar, Perak

His village was approx. 2 miles from Kuala Kangsar.
He grew up in the village.

Deceased: 17 August 2019

Education

1933 - Malay School Kuala Kangsar, Standard 1-5.
1936 - Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar, 3 years
1939 - Anderson School (Science; Scouts), 2 years

1941- WW2 broke out; returned to Kuala Kangsar
1943 - Attended Ika Daigaku Japanese Medical College in Singapore (6 months)
1943-45 - The Medical College moved to Malacca General Hospital; he too moved

1945 - (post-war) returned to Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar
1946 - obtained Cambridge School Certificate
1947 - attended King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore
1953 - graduated from University of Malaya, Singapore with MBBS degree

Government Medical Service

1954 - Housemanship at Johor Bahru (1 year)
1955 - joined Government service in Johor Bahru
Served in Perak and Terengganu.
1955 - Taiping, Perak (6 months)
1956 - Besut, Terengganu as MOHO (5 months)
MOHO = Medical Officer and Health Officer
Resigned from Government service.

Postgraduate Studies

Studied O&G in England
1956-57 - Senior House Surgeon, Dept O&G, West Middlesex Hospital (WMH), London
July 1957-58 - Senior House Surgeon, Dept Surgery, WMH, London
1958 - Registrar, Dept O&G, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich (3 months)
1958-60 - Registrar, Dept O&G, City General Hospital, Carlisle, Cumberland
January 1960 - obtained MRCOG. He was the first Malay doctor with MRCOG.

Resumed Medical Service in Malaya

He returned to Malaya in May 1960.
1960-65 - appointed State O&G Perak at Ipoh General Hospital
1965-71; 1974-76 - Surgeon O&G under Ministry of Health, worked at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital.

1969 - on special study tour to USA; obtained FRCOG, London
1971-74 - seconded as VC of UKM
1974 - returned to GHKL as Senior Specialist O&G. Head of Dept O&G.

He retired in 1976.

Private Practice

He practised at Pantai Medical Centre, Jalan Pantai Baru and Klinik Wanita, Section 14, Petaling Jaya.

Family

Wife - Datin Mariam @ Margaret Williams
Daughter - Dr Shireen Ariffin, UK
Son - Dr Sharil Azlan Ariffin, UK
Daughter - Sarina Ariffin
Sister - Puan Zaharah Marzuki


Please refer to my book for more details - Biography of the Early Malay Doctors 1900-1957 Malaya and Singapore (Xlibris 2012)

49. Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (born 1925)

Biodata

• Name: Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925) 
• Qualifications: MBBS 1953 UM Singapore
• Date of birth: 10 July 1925
• Place of birth: At home in a Malay-styled wooden house at No. 18, Lorong Kilang Ais,adjacent to Jalan Pegawai, Seberang Perak, Alor Setar, Kedah
• Officially registered date of birth: Friday, 20 December 1925
• Youngest of 9 children - a tenth had died at birth
• Nickname "Che Det"
• Ustaz Zakaria Muhammad Nor taught him Quran

Education 

• Attended Sekolah Melayu Lelaki Seberang Perak, Alor Setar (1930-1932)
• noted as a hard-working and bright student
• World War II (WWII)/Japanese Occupation (1941-1945) disrupted his studies.
• sold banana fritters (goreng pisang) at Pekan Rabu (Wednesday market) to help his family
• Attended Government English School, Alor Setar, Kedah
• completed Senior Cambridge in December 1946.

Medical Education

• Attended King Edward VII Medical School, Singapore (1947-1953)
• active with students' activities on campus
• first Malay doctor from Kedah to graduate from KE VII Medical School, Singapore, 1953

Government Service 

• Housemanship at General Hospital Penang (1953-1954)
• Medical Officer (MO) at General Hospital Alor Setar, Langkawi and Perlis (1955-1957)
• not allowed to further his studies in Surgery. Therefore, quit govt service in Oct 1957

Private Practice

• Entered private practice in Alor Setar, Kedah (after 1957)
• Operated MAHA Klinik in Jalan Tunku Ibrahim, Alor Setar, Kedah (first Malay private clinic in Kedah)
• Juggled clinic practice and politics, and became known as "Doktor UMNO"

Political Involvement

• Member SABERKAS 1945
• Member UMNO 1946
• Member of Parliament (MP) 1964
• Senator 1973
• Minister of Education (1974-1976) (visited TKC in Seremban)
• Deputy Prime Minister 1976 (Tun Hussien Onn was PM)
• Prime Minister (1981-2003) (Malaysia's 4th PM)

Transformation of Malaysia

•  model nation for underdeveloped & developing countries
• Educational Policy & Reform (1968-1976)
• Minister of Trade and Industry 1978
• Chairman of NITC (1995), NTC (1996) and NEAC (1998)
• Governor of IDB Malaysia (2001)
• Board Member of Khazanah Nasional Bhd (2003)
• Advisor of LADA and Tioman Dev. Board (2003)
• Advisor of PETRONAS (2003)
• Global Economic Depression (GED) 1997
• Position on the IMF
• Several new projects
• Several investment promotion missions overseas
• Vision: Look East Policy (Japan, South Korea and China)
• Vision 2020: To make Malaysia a developed nation? Or industrial nation?
• From Jabatan Penerangan - Perdana Menteri

Author's Notes

1. When did he become "keenly interested in politics?" There are two different years in the published literature: 1) since 1945 after completing Senior Cambridge and 2) after he completed his Senior Cambridge in December 1946. Query: Could be circa 1945-1946, by the time he sat for Senior Cambridge.
2. Duration of each appointment is unstated/undated or improperly dated, except for a few. Query
3. Large info gap exists between 1978 and 1998, after he was Minister of Trade and Industry. 
4. What happened between 1978 and prior to 1997?
5. The Global Economic Depression (GED) hit the world in 1997. He had refused IMF aid for Malaysia. Query: Why did he refuse terms of the IMF? How did Malaysia fare during the 1997 GED?
6. How did Malaysia pull out of the 1997 GED? Answer: He had spearheaded several projects and led several investment promotion missions overseas. 
7. What & where were the overseas projects? How many? How many were successful? Examples? 
8. What & where were the investment promotion missions overseas? How many? How many were successful? Examples?
9. What is the aim of Vision 2020? To make Malaysia a developed nation or an industrial nation? Does it make any difference if Malaysia became both developed and industrialised? Will it matter if Malaysia became developed but not industrialised? Will it matter if Malaysia became highly industrialised but not fully developed? Will it matter if Malaysia compromises and achieved 50% of its full potential, i.e., 50% industrialised and 50% developed? Will its working population be affected in any way? What are the positive signs that we will be able to attain Vision 2020 (this year is 2011; another 9 years to go)?
10. What is University 2020? Why are the universities linked to or made a part of Vision 2020? 
11. Why must we change/transform the universities and the university system? What is the relation of changing the universities to Vision 2020? Aren't universities meant to be autonomous and chart their own academic activities? Isn't forcing universities to transform/change/adapt causing undue stress on an already strained academic workforce? Are our academics happy to be forced to transform/change/adapt? What are the signs or outcome so far? Did the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) reward USM because it was able to demonstrate it was most fit to transform and had readied some transformation plans. How successful is USM so far in meeting the expected KIPs and KPIs? How are the other 3 IPTAs performing? UM has far exceeded USM and is vying for APEX University status in the next round of APEX University appraisal. How successful will USM be in retaining its hot seat as the #1 APEX University at the next appraisal which should be anytime soon? The APEX University status also has to deal with a thin economy. How much longer can USM withstand the onslaught of a thin economy before its dreams collapses? How long before the entire Malaysian university system fall victim to this thin economy that we are experiencing since 2007 GED? Can universities function realistically with unrealistic insufficient funding? Why are universities expected to become revenue-generating when academia is about teaching, learning and research? Most academics are in academia and the universities because they don't want to deal with $$$-dealing jobs. Where does the $ term come into the equation for university academics? Have we fallen victim to money politics within the universities? Is this a spillover from local politics? Are we going to accept this defeat and not say anything? Just keep quiet? Why aren't we brave enough to say we will function by underpaying the lecturers & professors at the universities and we will try to upgrade their pay & give them perks to match those of nearby nations (Singapore & Australia) when we overcome the 2007 GED, if that occurs (that's 3 years now). Why have an APEX-rated university with kampung-rate paycheck? Something is not right somewhere....we are being bullied! H....E....L....P!!!!
12. He became a Board Member to one & also Advisor to two (altogether three) high-revenue generating companies in the final year that he stepped down as the 4th PM. Query: Why did he hold top posts in the 3 big companies when he was anticipating stepping-down the same year? In prognostic terms, is this 'medically' professionally ethical?

FAMILY BACKGROUND

Reference: Politicised by War and Peace

http://www.palgrave.com/PDFs/9780230238732.pdf

1. Father: Mohamad bin Iskandar, Penang Malay, his father's second marriage.
2. Mother: Wan Tempawan bt Wan Hanafi, Penang Malay, his mother's second marriage.
3. Paternal grandfather: Iskandar, probably emigrated from Kerala in Southern India to British Malaya. Dr Mahathir has never met his grandfather as he died before Mahathir was born.
4. Paternal grandmother (Iskandar's wife): Siti Hawa

FROM OTHER BLOGS

Devology: http://devology.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/tun-dr-mahathir-mohamed/

1. Previous names of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed were MAHATHIR S/O ISKANDAR KUTTY @ MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMED. Now spelled as Mahathir bin Mohamad.
2. Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamed’s real name is Mahathir s/o Iskandar Kutty. He was born Mahathir s/o Iskandar Kutty and named Mahathir s/o Iskandar Kutty @Mahathir Mohamed.

Koleksi Minda Mahathir

http://ecommerce.itbm.com.my/ms/catalog/32/koleksimindamahathir

Sultan Abdul Hamid College (SAHC)
http://www.thefullwiki.org/Kolej_Sultan_Abdul_Hamid

Interviewed by Siti Nurhaliza
- regarding his childhood
- regarding social media (Facebook)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=1eO71YBDE-I

Other photos of him and wife on Facebook
Mahdi bin Mahbol

Other links
http://penatokoh.blogspot.my/2014/01/tokoh-tun-dr-mahathir-mohamad.html

Other portraits

IC on Internet

Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad

Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad

50. Dr Siti Hasmah bt Mohd Ali (born 1926)

Biodata

Dr Siti Hasmah bt Mohd Ali (born 1926)

MBBS 1955 UM S'pore

Date of birth: 12 July 1926

Place of birth: Klang, Selangor 

Education

1. Methodist Girls' School (MGS) 1932-33
2. St Mary's School 1934-41
3. Malay Girls' School in Kg Baru, KL; weekend school for 3 years
4. Senior Cambridge Exams in Dec 1941. She was 16 yo.

Wartime

• Ali Sisters played for radio
• They sang, played violin and piano.
• Saleha sang. Siti Jame'ah played piano. Siti Hasmah played violin.

Postwar

• Completed school after war at Pudu English School, KL. She obtained her school certificate in 1946.
• She chose to study medicine instead of journalism.

Undergraduate Medical Education

• She was 21
• Attended King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore
• Went by train with her mother in October 1947
• Enrolled at KE VII 1947-1955
• Record of students at KE VII
• 75 medical students
• 1 Malay girl
• 6 Malay boys: 
•      Ariffin b Ngah Marzuki 1947-1953
•     Mahathir b Mohamad 1947-1953
•     Mohamed Noor b Marahakim 1947-1953
•     Mohamed bin Abdul Kadir LMS 1954
•     Sheikh Raihan b Hamzah LMS 1954
•     Ahmad b Haji Othman LMS 1955
•     Shamsuddin b Abdul Rahman LMS 1955

• Salma bt Ismail completed her finals at the same College.
• Dr Siti Hasmah graduated with MBBS at the Faculty of Medicine, UM Singapore, Class of 1955

Government Service

• HO GHKL 1955-56
• **Married 5 August 1956**
• MO GH Alor Star 1956-60
• Focus: Traditional practices during post-partum
• MOH in North Kedah, Principal of Rural Health Training School in Jitra 1965
• Mak's WHO International Cert of Vaccination 1967 (3 pages)

Postgraduate

• Family Planning, at Population Planning Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 1966
• Health Education Course, Manila Philippines 1973

Resumed Government Service

• MCHO of Kedah 1974
• Focus: family planning
• National Family Planning Board (NFPB) - now National Population and Family Development Board (NPFDB) or Lembaga Perancang & Kesihatan Keluarga

Retired

• Worked 1955-1978 (23 years)
• Retired 1979 when Mahathir became 4th PM (1981-2003) and 7th PM (2018-2019)

Contributions to Society

1. Anti-Drug Abuse Campaigns
2. Anti-Smoking Campaigns
3. Mental Health
4. Adult Literacy Campaigns
5. Family Planning
6. Maternal and Child Health
7. Children with Special Needs
8. Rural Women
9. Asian Women
10. Girl Guides
11. Malaysian Medical Association Foundation
12. Malaysian Female Graduates Association
13. Rumah Insaniah Tun Dr Siti Hasmah, Petaling Jaya

Publications

6

1. Hasmah binte M. Ali. Effect on a basic attitude—health. Intisari 1(4):27-36, 1963. 
2. Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohd. Ali. Some aspects of traditional health attitudes and practices in rural areas. Report of the National Seminar on The Role of Specialists in Promoting Family Health, 12-18 August 1973, Pulau Pinang; pp. 85-90.
3. Siti Hasmah Hj Mohd Ali. Adat, kesihatan dan wanita. Jilid 1. Maternal and Child Health Division, Institute of Public Health, Kuala Lumpur, 1978; 96 p.
4. Siti Hasmah Hj Mohd Ali. Adat, kesihatan dan wanita. Jilid 2. Maternal and Child Health Division, Institute of Public Heath, Kuala Lumpur, 1979; 81 p.
5. Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali. Wanita, Adat dan Kesihatan, Volumes 1 & 2. Published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia, 1985.
6. Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali. My Name is Hasmah. 1 September 2016. ISBN 978-967-86-0738-4. Published by Alaf 21. Website: www.alaf21.com.my and mall.karangkraf.com.

Honours and Awards

• SSDK 1956-1974 Kedah 
• SSM Tun 30 Oct 2003
• Professor Kazue McLaren LeadershipAchievement  Award 1988 Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health
• Hon. Ph.D. (Medical Sciences) 1991 UKM
• Hon. Ph.D. (Public Health) 1994 Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
• Hon. Ph.D. (Law) 1994 U of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Chancellor of Multimedia University of Malaysia (MMU) 20 June 1997
• Hon. Ph.D. (Social Work Management) 31 July 2006 UUM
• George F. Hixon Fellowship Award by Kiwanis International 15 May 2006
• Orchid Dendobium Siti Hasmah, Singapore Botanic Gardens 1981
• Tun Dr Siti Hasmah VIP Lounge, Women's Institute of Management (Wisma WIM) in KL 19 Dec 2014
• Anugerah Khas Srikandi Negara 2014

Recreation

Played violin, piano, sang

Family

She is no. 7 of 13 siblings

Her family moved to KL when she was 3 years old.

Her siblings:

1. Mohd Noor
2. Ismail
3. Saleha
4. Abdul Aziz
5. Abdul Rahman (deceased young)
6. Siti Jame'ah
7. Siti Hasmah
8. Ahmad Razali
9. twins Omar and Halimah (deceased at childhood)
10. twins Omar and Halimah
11. Jaffar
12. Mohamed Hashim
13. Zainal Abidin 

Union and children

Married on 5 August 1956

7 children (4 sons, 3 daughters):

1. Marina
2. Mirzan
3. Melinda
4. Mokhzani
5. Mukhriz
6. Mazhar
7. Maizura

1. Datin Paduka Marina bt Mahathir (b.9 June 1957) is the eldest child. She graduated from the University of Sussex, England. She is a socio-political activist, blogger, writer, and campaigns for women’s rights. She leads many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as the Malaysian AIDS Foundation. She writes for a column in The Star newspaper. She was married to Didier Roussille and they have a daughter, Ineza Roussille. She remarried to Tara Sosrowardoyo, an Indonesian photographer, and they have two daughters and a son.
2. Mirzan bin Mahathir (b.1958) is a businessman. He graduated with a BSc (Honours) in Computer Science from Brighton Polytechnic, UK in 1982. He obtained his Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA in 1987. He initially worked with IBM World Trade Corporation for three years. He has wide experience in investment and banking from working with Solomon Brothers Group for four years. He then ventured into business in 1990. He was appointed to Lembaga Konsortium Logistik Berhad in September 1992—this included Pos Malaysia. The Konsortium was listed in KLSE in January 1996. He holds a major share in the Konsortium, where he was Chairman and Executive President till 2007. He is Chairman and CEO of Crescent Capital, Malaysia’s investment with a strategic investment advisory and free monetary firm, which he founded. He has many affiliations such as Emerson Radio Corporation in USA, San Miguel Corporation in the Philippines, AHB Holdings Berhad, Pelikan Holding AG, Petron Corporation, Konsortium Logistik Berhad, Nakamichi Corp Berhad, Lafe Corp Ltd, Dataprep Holdings Berhad, Worldwide Holdings Berhad, Dolomite Corp Berhad, and Sunway Building Technology Berhad. He married Jane Husainy and has three sons and a daughter. 
3. Melinda (adopted) married Wan Adlil Wan Daud and has two daughters.
4. Tan Sri Dato’ Mokhzani bin Mahathir (b.2 January 1961) was educated at MRSM (Maktab Rendah Sains MARA) at Pengkalan Chepa in Kelantan. He has a B.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (1987). He is a businessman and petroleum engineer. He founded Kencana Petroleum, where he was CEO and Executive Director. Kencana Petroleum produced heavy industrial equipment for the petroleum industry. He worked as petroleum engineer before Kencana Petroleum merged with SapuraCrest to form SapuraKencana Petroleum in 2012, and later Sapura Energy Berhad. SapuraCrest is Malaysia’s largest oil and gas services company. He is a founding member of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad, and the sole owner of Kencana Capital Sdn Bhd. He later sold his shares in Sapura Energy Berhad. He was Chairman of Sepang International circuit (SIC) for 13 years (2003-2016). He is the new president of Motorsports Association of Malaysia (MAM). He is the Chairman of Opcom Holdings Berhad, which won the Rakan Unifi contract from Telekom Malaysia (TM) for Unifi services. He was Board Director for Maxis and Royal Automotive Club of Malaysia. He was active in politics till 2006 and was Treasurer of UMNO Youths. He left politics in 2007. He was included in Forbes’ 2017 list of ‘Malaysia’s 50 Richest’, with a net worth of US$420 million (RM1.8 billion). He married Mastisa Hani Mohamed and has two daughters.
5. Dato’ Seri Haji Mukhriz bin Mahathir (b.25 November 1964) was educated at MRSM at Pengkalan Chepa in Kelantan. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan in 1982. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Boston University in Massachusetts, USA in 1989. He is a businessman, politician and was Menteri Besar of Kedah (2013-16; 2018-2020). Prior to this, he was the federal Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry (2008-13). He is affiliated with several companies such as Opcom Holdings, Kosmo Tech, and Malaysian Franchise Association. He was the Executive Director of Perdana Peace Global Organisation. He left UMNO in 2016. He is the Deputy President of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Parti Primbumi Bersatu Malaysia or PPBM). He is the Chairman of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition in Kedah. He married Datin Paduka Norzieta bt Zakaria on 14 November 1993 and they have four children.
6. Mazhar (adopted) acted in theatre.
7. Maizura (adopted at six months in 1983) graduated from Lim Kok Wing University.

51. Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin bin Raja Shahbuddin (1925-2008)

Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin bin Raja Shahbuddin (1925-2008)

MBBS 1956 UM Singapore

Date of birth: 11 June 1925

Place of birth: Bagan Serai, Perak

Date of death: 22 December 2008

Place of death: ICU, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Burial: Bukit Kiara


He was remembered by an elderly female Malay patient whom I met at Masjid Kepala Batas, Kedah, sometime after my book was published in 2012. She was on her way to go to Makkah to perform the Hajj and had stopped at Masjid Kepala Batas for briefings about the Hajj rite.

Masjid Kepala Batas, Kedah

52. Dr Ungku Omar bin Ungku Ahmad (1931-1969)

Dr Ungku Omar bin Ungku Ahmad (1931-1969)
MBBS 1957 UM

Date of birth: 18 January 1931
Place of birth: Johor Bahru
Date of death: 15 February 1969
Place of death: At home

Looking for photos of Bangsar Hospital

I received an e-mail from Arasu via Boxbe at this blog on Sunday, 9 January 2011 at 11:39 am. It was a request by Arasu for photos of Bangsar Hospital.

Arasu was born at Bangsar Hospital in 1952. He is looking for photographs of Bangsar Hospital from early 1900's till 1965.

Please share photos of Bangsar Hospital if you have any in your albums.

Thank you.

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Update 3 March 2011

Mr Arasu has found photos of Bangsar Hospital at the National Archives in Kuala Lumpur (Arkib Negara Malaysia).

Here is the link to Mr Arasu in Facebook and photos of Bangsar Hospital with captions/narratives:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1890278056093&set=a.1890260255648&type=3&theater

Keep your comments coming about birth/life at Bangsar Hospital.

Thank you