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8 November 2005

Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 10.38 am - 1.02 pm. 6 Syawal 1426 Hijrah.

I received an e-mail from En. Mohd. Fadli Ghani dated 15 October 2005. He informed he has got a baby girl on 1 Ramadhan (Wednesday, 5 October 2005). He has not named his baby girl yet. I congratulated him for the new arrival. At least one of our contributors is happy.

There were several things he wanted to touch on concerning the early Malay doctors.

1. He has not accessed the enveloped in which he recorded concerning Malay Traditional Healing. He will try to obtain it.
2. He wanted the text on early Malay doctors to undergo proof reading first before it gets published. He has offered to read the text and to correct certain facts especially the following:
   1. To omit the correction for spelling Prof. W. Roff
   2. Haji Mat Penambang was Muhammad Salleh ibni Ahmad Penambang
   3. The detention of Dr. Haji Abbas by the British appeared in the book by A. Samad Ahmad
   4. En. Fadli Ghani's article concerning karya sains Melayu has been sent for publishing but it has not been published yet

He wanted these mistakes corrected especially those matters which involve his name. I replied to him accordingly.

He said the newer online text was not there; only the previous text was available. I will need to re-check the Telehealth website again and reload the web pages if necessary.

He has sent more recent information but he is curious they have not been included in the writing nor web pages. I apologise for the long delay in updating and expanding the web pages online. I did not write in September-October 2005 as I was busy teaching at OUM KB on weekends and there were several workshops in USM Health Campus, Kubang Kerian which I had to prepare and facilitate. I did not write during the fasting month of Ramadhan as I worked day time and performed terawih night time and there was inadequate time to write nor was it appropriate for me to write. I have just resumed writing 2 days ago during Hari Raya Aidilfitri and will try to load the new web pages, from Search 51 onward as soon as I get back to office provided the server is accessible. I will then try to contact USM accordingly.

He has accessed the Penang Government website. Tun Dr. Hj Awang Hassan, Yang Dipertua Negeri Pulau Pinang Kelima, was a graduate of KE VII, Singapore in 1936.

I do not have the information of the 12th Malay doctor and onward because when I initially wrote to NUS, Singapore, I only asked them permission for the release of the first 11 names, year of graduation, and address. I will need to write back to NUS to obtain permission for the release of further information for the 12th doctor onward. It will take time and not all information can be reveled to the public. NUS still reserves the right to release any information concerning its KEVII students, their performances, and its graduates. We have to respect this right of issuance. The additional names apart from the initial 11 which NUS gave me were picked up at the KEVII reunion dinner in Marriott Putrajaya (I had to rush off from Putrajaya at midnight and arrived ~1 hour later at the ghastly Merapoh-Kuala Lipis bus accident in total darkness. I was with my family in a car, not more than 20 cars from the accident site. I could not write for many days as vivid images of the accident and nausea kept coming back).

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Acknowledgement

En. Mohd. Fadli Ghani

Pengarah Akademi Kajian Kota, Kuala Lumpur

E-mail: fadliayman@yahoo.com

En. Fadli Ghani's article concerning karya sains Melayu has been sent for publishing but it has not been published yet

Prof. W. Roff

Haji Mat Penambang

Detention of Dr. Haji Abbas by the British appeared in the book by A. Samad Ahmad

Penang Government website

Tun Dr. Hj Awang Hassan, Yang Dipertua Negeri Pulau Pinang Kelima, was a graduate of KE VII, Singapore in 1936

Tun Dr. Hj Awang Hassan (Class of 1936)

A graduate of KEVII, Singapore in 1936

Yang Dipertua Negeri Pulau Pinang Kelima

NUS, Singapore

Names of early Malay doctors 1-11

Names of early Malay doctors 12-24

Names of early Malay doctors 25+

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8 November 2005

Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 1.04 pm - 1.15 pm; 2.37 pm - 3.57 pm. 6 Syawal 1426 Hijrah.

I searched the Internet on 19 October 2005 for an image of Datin Seri Endon Mahmood but somehow came to the National University of Singapore Libraries and found something on leprosy instead. I continued my search on leprosy on 20 October 2005.

The search under leprosy returned the following entries:

1. Leprosy Malay Peninsula, 1899 (1 entry)
2. Leprosy Malaya (2 entries):

1. The Leper Settlement at Sungei Buloh in the Federated Malay States, 1933

Medical Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection

RA644 Lep.M

National University of Singapore Libraries

2. Distribution of Leprosy in Malaya, 1966

[Microform] - 1 microfilm reel, 35 mm

RA422.5 1966 6

Stack #ME6

Kanak Shankar Dutta, Thesis (D.P.H.) - Dept. of Social Medicine and Public Health, University of Singapore, 1966

National University of Singapore Libraries

3. Leprosy Malaysia, 1983 (1 entry)

Other interesting entries were the following:

1. Field Observations on the Use of M3 for the prevention of Malaria, 1940

RA644 Lep.M

J.W. Field, J.C. Niven and J.F. Mitchell

Medical Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection

2. Health Problems of Malayan Railway System with special reference to Railway Central Workshop, 1966

[Microform]

RA422.5 1966 4

Arun Kumar Dattasarma

Medical Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection

3. The Epidemiology and Control of Cholera Outbreak in Kedah (1963-1964) with special reference to North Kedah, 1967

[Microform]

RA422.5 1967 4

Ahmad Shah Syed

Medical Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection

4. The Origins of Malay Nationalism, 1967

Central Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection

National University of Singapore Libraries

5. The Origins of Malay Nationalism, 1994

William R. Roff

Central Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection

National University of Singapore Libraries

I e-mailed Puan Rugayah on 20 September 2005 to obtain some of these articles.

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Acknowledgement

National University of Singapore Libraries

12 Kent Ridge Crescent

Singapore 119275

NUS Library: http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/

NUS Library INtegrated Catalogue: http://linc.nus.edu.sg/

Puan Rugayah Ali

Reference Lirarian

Perpustakaan Tun Dr. Hamdan Sheikh Tahir

Universiti Sains Malaysia

16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

E-mail: rugayah@kb.usm.my

Datin Seri Endon Mahmood

Wife of Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Malaysia's 5th Prime Minister)

Died of breast cancer on 20 October 2005 in Putrajaya

Laid to rest in Precinct 20, Putrajaya

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10 January 2007

Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 10:16 am.

This is the update of the KE VII College of Medicine Building.

It seems that there were three different buildings which were used for early medical training in Singpore.

The first building that was used for medical training in 1905 was a former women's mental asylum at Sepoy Lines.

The second building that was used for medical training was the one donated by Tan Chay Yan in 1911 in memory of his father, Tan Teck Guan.

There is a third building that was used for medical training as shown and described below:

KE VII College of Medicine Building

KE VII College of Medicine Building built in 1926 was designed by Italian sculptor, Cavalori Rudolfo Nolli. Photographed by Noor-Ashikin Abas, Singapore.

The third building that was used for medical training was built in 1926. Noor-Ashikin e-mailed on 8 January 2007 the url of this third building: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Medicine_Building . This website has the history, architecture and image of the historic whitewashed massive building with floral Neo-Classical façade of 10 Doric columns. It was designed by an Italian sculptor, Cavalori Rudolfo Nolli. The grand colonnade has bas relief depicting the Allegory of Healing on the walls on either side. Behind this colonnade are 11 enormous doors. A sculptured Roman eagle encircled by a wreath and with wings spread  stands above the central doorway. This building was restored from 1985-1987 and now houses the National University of Singapore's Academy of Medicine, and is frequented by alumni. A grand staircase in the main lobby was finally added as planned in the original plan. The College of Medicine Building was gazetted as a national monument on 2 December 2002.

Need further information concerning the KE VII College of Medicine Building:

Need other images, description, facilities and uses.

Who was Tan Teck Guan? Tan Chay Yan? What was their business line?

How much did the College of Medicine building cost? How much did the 1980s renovations cost? Who funded the renovations?

Who was Cavalori Rudolfo Nolli? How was he engaged in the designing stage? Why was he chosen? How long did he take to design the building?

How long did it take to build the building? When was it commissioned for use as a training facility? What are its facilities? How was it used in the beginning?

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Acknowledgement

Noor-Ashikin Abas

EBSCO Singapore

E-mail: epsgp@pacific.net.sg

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Medicine_Building.

A sepoy (from Persian سپاهی Sipâhi meaning "soldier") was a native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, usually of the United Kingdom. Specifically, it was the term used in the British Indian Army for an infantry Private (a cavalry Trooper was a Sowar), and is still so used in the modern Indian Army, Pakistan Army and Bangladesh Army. The same Persian word has reached English via another route in the form of Spahi. - Wikipedia

National University of Singapore (NUS)

KE VII College of Medicine: Snapshots through the years http://www.nus.edu.sg/centennial/heritage/snapshot_kevii.htm

Books:

National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places, Archipelago Press, ISBN 981-4068-23-3

[writers/researchers, G. Uma Devi ... [et al.] ; editors, Jacqueline Danam, Christine Chua, Geraldine Mesenas].;

Central Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection, NUS [Ds 599.2 Son 2002]

Norman Edwards, Peter Keys (1996; 1998), Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places, Times Books International, ISBN 9971-65-231-5

Central Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection, NUS [Na 1530.12 Edw 1988]

Edwin Lee (1990), Historic Buildings of Singapore, Preservation of Monuments Board, ISBN 9971-88-224-8

Central Library, Singapore-Malaysia Collection, NUS [DS 599.3 Lee]

Teo ES. The history of the College of Medicine and Tan Teck Guan Buildings. Annals of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore. 2005 Jul;34(6):61C-71C

http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/34VolNo6200506/V34N6p61C.pdf

Tan Teck Guan (father)

His son was Tan Chay Yan

Tan Chay Yan (son)

Donated the second building in 1911 in memory of his father, Tan Teck Guan

KE VII College of Medicine Building

Its architect was an Italian sculptor, Cavalori Rudolfo Nolli

It was built in 1926 without the central staircase which was in the original plan

The building was restored in 1980s

It was gazetted as a national monument on 2 December 2002

Cavalori Rudolfo Nolli

Italian sculptor who designed the College of Medicine Building in Singapore which was built in 1926

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