ONLY 25,000 people were fortunate to witness the proclamation of Malaya’s independence at Stadium Merdeka on Aug. 31, 1957. Among them was 12-year-old Benedict Victor Morais who was too young to fully grasp what the hoo-ha was all about.
BENEDICT’s dad Victor was determined to come to Malaya many times while in Kerala, India, but was dissuaded by his elder brother, Manuel, who was teaching at St Anderson School in Ipoh.
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She was one of the seven founding members of the country’s Conservatory of Music in 1956 and Dean of the Piano Department for 20 years. She trained many talented generations of pianists, with the most internationally successful concert pianist being her youngest son, Đặng Thái Sơn.