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SEARCH 37

24 May 2005

It is Tuesday, 6.18 am.

The 37th search is to scrutinise for more contacts and leads from two e-mails, from Dr. Ghazaime (9 May 2005) and En. Ramli (15 May 2005). I could not write earlier as I was busy marking exam scripts for >200 undergraduate students in medicine and dentistry.

En. Ramli phoned on 10 May 2005 to provide plenty of assistance. I really appreciate his help because I have come to a state of not knowing what else to do (orang kata temu jalan buntu). He said I will need to contact Utusan, Pusat Dokumentasi in DBP, PNM, Dr. Bakri Musa, and Tun Dr. Mahathir. Dr. Ghazaime e-mailed to inform that Dr. Bakri Musa writes for Malaysiakini.com. En. Ramli e-mailed and gave Dr. Bakri Musa's e-mail.

I have not heard about Dr. Bakri Musa at all previously nor do I know who he is. It it worthwhile to try and ask him if he knows of any of the early Malay doctors, since I still cannot make my list right as I now have evidence of 2 conflicting records of our first Malay doctor. On one hand, I have Dr. Abdul Latiff bin Abdul Razak whose name was given to me by NUSS and I also obtained the same information from the Internet, but the political history book written by Professor William R. Roff (The Origins of Malay Nationalism, 1967) states that our first Malay doctor was Dr. Abdul Samad. I will still need to know why these two conflicting records were never studied and resolved for they create a lot of unhappiness in me when I go through old records and accounts of the early Malay doctors. As we often say in our Malaysian way, "More work, lah!"

Dr. M. Bakri Musa

bakrimusa@juno.com

Originates from Kedah, Malaysia.

He is a surgeon in Silicon Valley, California, USA.

His latest book is Towards A Competitive Malaysia.

He is a regular columnist with Malaysiakini (www.malaysiakini.com)

Malaysiakini.com (www.malaysiakini.com)

48, Jalan Kemuja

Bangsar Utama

59000 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Tel: (603) 2283-5567

Fax: (603) 2289-2579

It was launched on 20 November 1999.

It is owned and operated by Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd.

It has its own Malaysiakini Editorial Policy.

It abides by the journalists' code of ethics.

It is an online forum for news, opinions, editorials, features, letters, and views.

It holds independent news and views on Malaysia.

It has very high number of daily hits, >50,000 visits per day.

It offers many kinds of services.

I had accessed the Malaysiakini.com website and printed it on 11 May 2005. But I am not a subscriber to Malaysiakini.com so I cannot get past the subscribed pages to find Dr. Bakri Musa to find out more about him and from him about our early Malay doctors. I will have to resort to e-mail him when I get in to work this week or next week, or even later.

Encik Ramli Abdul Samad

Originates from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut (PHS) 1

Universiti Sains Malaysia

11800 USM, Penang

Malaysia

Tel: 04-6533888-3705

E-mail: ramli.as@notes.usm.my

Dr. Ghazaime Ghazalie

Hospital Perdana

Kota Bharu

I will still need to contact our local media for more details of our early doctors. There are 2 media houses which I will need to contact. One is Utusan Malaysia (a lady named Maimunah in the library section) and the other is TV3. Utusan Malaysia had a write-up on the early Malay doctors quite some time ago. I recall that TV3 ran a documentary on Tun Dr. Mahathir and the King Edward VII Medical College a few years back. TV3 will also be broadcasting on the early development between the East and the West in its new serial - its has a big team working for this serial. May be I should contact this team?

Utusan Malaysia

Maimunah, library section

TV3

IT Section

It is 7.43 am. The 3 kids have gone to school.

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Acknowledgement

Encik Ramli Abdul Samad

Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut (PHS) 1

Universiti Sains Malaysia

11800 USM, Penang

Malaysia

Tel: 04-6533888-3705

E-mail: ramli.as@notes.usm.my

Dr. Ghazaime Ghazalie

Hospital Perdana

Kota Bharu

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