SHAH ALAM: Former Deputy Prime Minister Tun Musa Hitam proposed the establishment of an independent institution or an A. Samad Ismail Chair of Journalism, as an effort to elevate the journalism profession in the country.
Many streets in Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) bear the name “Rahim Kajai”, including Jalan Rahim Kajai and Lorong Rahim Kajai 1 to Lorong Rahim Kajai 14. There is also a Padang Rahim Kajai.
This part of TTDI is situated on the northwestern side of the township. Located next to the Aminuddin Baki area, it consists of mostly landed houses, with some shoplots on Lorong Rahim Kajai 13 and Lorong Rahim Kajai 14.
“Rahim Kajai” refers to the late, renowned journalist and writer Abdul Rahim Haji Salim (1894 to 1943), who used the pen name Abdul Rahim Kajai when he started writing for the
Idaran Zaman weekly in 1925. Kajai is the village in West Sumatra, Indonesia, where his parents came from.