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TELL good stories, tell great stories, we are told. Here’s one – a story on how former Director of Fisheries Sabah, Datuk Chin Phui Kong, 99, going on 100 on Dec 26 this year, and his late classmate Ho Su Shen, literally jumped from the sky into the jungle to fight for the liberation of Malaya in WW2!
Last Sunday, we reported how the entire Central Committee of the Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (Macva) made a whirlwind trip to Kota Kinabalu on Oct 25 to accord Chin their exclusive ‘Honorary Member’ title reserved for only 10 deserving Malaysians, hailing him as “a legend and war hero” in his role as a secret agent in Force 136 of Malaya.
What course the region’s history would have taken had Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore teamed up after the declaration of independence on August 31, 1963 instead of joining to form Malaysia on September 16, 1963
That was one of the unexpected options available to the three states when Britain ignored the fervent protests from Malaya and granted independence to the three states and left the region before the birth of Malaysia on August 31, 1963.
KOTA KINABALU: Five rescued gibbons will be sent to recover under Sabah’s first gibbon rehabilitation project set up recently in Kota Belud district on the west coast.
In 1867, British colonial authorities established Malaysia as a British colony. four states which welcomed British residents were known as the Federated Malay States: although technically independent, there was a Resident-General in charge of them, meaning that all but name were British colonies. Table of contents 1. When did Malaysia become a British colony? 2. […]