Cricket in Colonial Malaya

Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds': Sport and Society in Colonial Malaya

The International Journal of the History of Sport

Volume 19, Issue 2 & 3, 2002, Pages 129 - 156

Author: Janice N. Brownfoot

Source: http://www.informaworld.com/

First DG MOH Malaysia

Living Through Two World Wars, Emergency & Independence

Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Mohd Din lived through two world wars, World War I (1917-18) in his early life and World War II (1941-45), when he was a Medical Officer (MO) in Kuala Kangsar District Hospital, Perak. Following the Japanese Occupation in Malaya (December 1941-45), he then lived during the Malayan Emergency (1948-60) during the British Reoccupation of Malaya until Malaya gained its independence on 31 August 1957.

Director-General, Ministry of Health Malaysia

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF HEALTH, MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA

(Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia)

1.      YBhg Tan Sri Datuk Dr Mohamed Din bin Ahmad PMN, SJMK.

2.      YABhg Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Haji Abdul Majid bin Ismail PSM, SSA, SPSK, JMN, PPT.

3.      YM Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Raja Ahmad Noordin bin Raja Shahbuddin AMN, JSM, PSM, SPMP.

4.      YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Dr RP Pillay PSM, PSD, SPMK, PMT, DPMS, JMN, PJK. 

5.      YBhg Tan Sri Haji Dato’ Dr Abu Talib bin Abdul Latif DSNS, JMN, PJK.

6.      YBhg Tan Sri Datuk Dr Abdul Khalid bin Sahan PSM, PGDK, ASDK, KMN.

7.      YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Haji Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman PSM, DIMP, JSM, SMJ, AMP.

8.      YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Abu Bakar bin Suleiman PSM, DPMJ, JMN, SMJ, AMN.

9.      YBhg Tan Sri Datuk Dr Haji Mohamad Taha bin Arif PSM, DJBS, JMN, KMN, PPT, PPB.

10.  YBhg Tan Sri Datuk Dr Hj Mohd Ismail bin Merican DPMS, SIMP, PJN, DMPN, DSPN, JSM, KMN, PKT, AMP.      

11. YBhg Datuk Dr Hasan bin Abdul Rahman 

Acknowledgement of sources

The above information was compiled based on the following:

1. MOH reply letter to the author, Reference No.: (21) dlm. KKM 61 (2461)/7 JILID 7, dated 7 September 2007, from the Human Resource Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia. Tel: +603-8883-2651. 
2. Government CXO, Healthcare IT. Malaysia appoints new Director General of Health. By Jianggan Li. 16 March 2011. Accessed on 11 May 2011.