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Reserve Officer Training Unit
The Reserve Officer Training Unit (Abbreviation, Abbr.: ROTU, – ''PALAPES'') is a military programme that trains Undergraduate degree, undergraduate students to be Military reserve force, reserve officers for the Malaysian Armed Forces. Those who complete the training will be commissioned as officers in the Malaysian Armed Forces Reserve, either as Second lieutenant, Second lieutenants in the Rejimen Askar Wataniah, Territorial Army Regiment () and the Royal Malaysian Air Force Volunteer Reserve (), or as Sub-lieutenant, Acting Sub-lieutenants in the Royal Malaysian Navy Volunteer Reserve (). History Origin: The University of Malaya reserve army During the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, Indonesia–Malaysia conflict in 1965, 30 University of Malaya students who were also alumni of the Royal Military College (Malaysia), Royal Military College volunteered to enlist for military training at Siputih Training Camp in Batu Gajah, Perak, during their semester break. On 3 Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian Army Training And Doctrine Command
The Malaysian Army Training and Doctrine Command (MyTRADOC, ms, Pemerintahan Latihan dan Doktrin Tentera Darat, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ڤمرينتهن لاتيهن دان دوکترين تنترا دارت), known as PL&DTD and PLDTD, is a military command in charge of all Malaysian Army training centres, facilities and museum. PLDTD is commanded by a Major general, major general History PLDTD was established on 1 January 1994, which utilised the appointments of the XI Division Headquarters of ''Pasukan Simpanan Tentera Darat'' (PSTD, 'Army Reserve'). It was originally located at Imphal Camp, Kuala Lumpur. In the year 2010, PLDTD HQ was relocated to SiRusa Camp, Port Dickson District, Port Dickson and in the year 2014, it has once again moved to Segenting Camp, Port Dickson till today. The PLDTD organization has three main departments which are the ''Bahagian Pengurusan Am'' ('General Management Department'), the ''Bahagian Pengurusan Latihan'' ('Training Management Department' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batu Gajah
Batu Gajah (population 133,422) is a municipality in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the capital of Kinta District. Etymology The name ''Batu Gajah'' in Malay means "elephant rock", it is presumably derived from two large boulders (''batu'', 'stone') that resembled elephants (''gajah'', 'elephant') found along the Kinta River. Folklore claims that huge elephant figures were made of stones to scare away the elephants that destroyed the villagers' sugar cane crops. History Famous for its tin mining long before the Independence Day of Malaya, Batu Gajah had been an ideal place for Chinese immigrants to stay and work during those years. This contributes to a significant percentage of Chinese in the population of Batu Gajah today. The Indian Settlement village (the name was changed to Kampung Baru Desa Changkat) at Changkat has a large Indian population of Tamils and also a small minority of Punjabis who built a Sikh temple which becomes the pride of the residents and a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universiti Putra Malaysia
University of Putra Malaysia ( Malay: ''Universiti Putra Malaysia''), abbreviated as UPM, is a Malaysian public research university located in Serdang, Selangor. Formerly it was named Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Agricultural University of Malaysia), focusing on agricultural sciences and related fields. Since the 1990s, the fields of study have expanded to include human ecology, languages, architecture, medicine, computer science and biotechnology. Currently there are 15 faculties, 11 institutes and 2 schools covering these as well as agriculture, forestry, veterinary medicine, economics, engineering, sciences, and education. UPM has been recognised as a research university since 2006, one of five present in Malaysia. In 2010, self-accreditation status was awarded by Malaysian Qualifications Agency to simplify the procedure of accrediting academic programs, strengthening its own Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) system to compete among local universities. It is ranked 123rd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universiti Teknologi MARA
The MARA Technological University (Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Malays in 1956 as the RIDA (Rural & Industrial Development Authority) Training Centre ( ms, Dewan Latihan RIDA), and opened with around 50 students. It has since grown into the largest institution of higher education in Malaysia as measured by physical infrastructure, faculty and staff, and student enrollment. The university comprises one main campus and 34 satellite campuses. It offers over 500 programmes taught in English that range from undergraduate to the postgraduate level. The school is home to some 170,514 full-time and part-time bumiputera and international students. Postgraduate programme is open for international students and bumiputera but not for non-bumiputera. In 2019, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) proposed its corporate na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Insurgency In Malaysia (1968–1989)
The Communist insurgency in Malaysia, also known as the Second Malayan Emergency ( ms, Perang insurgensi melawan pengganas komunis or ), was an armed conflict which occurred in Malaysia from 1968 to 1989, between the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and Malaysian federal security forces. Following the end of the Malayan Emergency in 1960, the predominantly ethnic Chinese Malayan National Liberation Army, armed wing of the MCP, had retreated to the Malaysian-Thailand border where it had regrouped and retrained for future offensives against the Malaysian government. Hostilities officially re-ignited when the MCP ambushed security forces in Kroh–Betong, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia, on 17 June 1968. The conflict also coincided with renewed domestic tensions between ethnic Malays and Chinese in Peninsular Malaysia and regional military tensions due to the Vietnam War. The Malayan Communist Party received some support from the People's Republic of China. The suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imphal Camp, Kuala Lumpur
Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a moat. Spread over parts of the districts of Imphal West and Imphal East, the former contains the majority of the city's area and population. Imphal is part of the Smart Cities Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. History Initially ruled by King Khaba, Imphal was later ruled by the Pakhangba leaders. The clan of the Ningthouja tribe originated then. The Ningthouja tribe quickly expanded and dominated the region in politics and war. Kangla Palace was built by King Khagemba and his son Khunjaoba. The palace was later destroyed by the British during the Anglo-Manipur War. During the reign of Maharaja Bhagyachandra, there were a number of Burmese invasions. However, the kingdom surv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Strategic Division (Malaysia)
The 11th Strategic Division (; Abbr.: 11 DIV STRAT), stylized XI Division, was a division-sized combat formation of the Malaysian Army. The XI Division was the only division-sized combat formation made completely of army reserve officers and men from the Malaysian Armed Forces Reserve until it was transformed into a strategic division on 2 May 1984. On 31 December 1993, the division was disbanded. What remained of its headquarters, including personnel and facilities, was absorbed into the newly formed Malaysian Army Training and Doctrine Command. History Founded as an infantry combat formation This combat formation was established in 1969 as the 11th Infantry Division at Damansara Camp in Kuala Lumpur as a combat formation for the Malaysian Army to defend Malay Peninsula in the event of an armed conflict. It was established as a result of a collaboration between the Ministry of Defense and the University of Malaya, which at the time wanted to build a garrison for the unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian Army
The Malaysian Army ( ms, Tentera Darat Malaysia; Jawi: تنترا دارت مليسيا) is the land component of the Malaysian Armed Forces. Steeped in British Army traditions, the Malaysian Army does not carry the title ‘royal’ () as do the Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Instead, the title is bestowed on selected army corps and regiments who have been accorded the honour by the ('The King of Malaysia'), who is the Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces. History The first military units in Malaysia can be traced back to the Penang Volunteer Rifle raised on 1 March 1861,1 March is marked as Army Day in honour of the Penang Rifle Volunteers (PRV) raising as the first military unit in the Malay Peninsula. and the Malay States Volunteer Rifles which existed from 1915 to 1936. The birth of the modern Malaysian Army came about when the Federal Council of the Federated Malay States passed the Malay Regiment Bill on 23 January 1933. This allowed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Malaysia)
The Ministry of Defence ( ms, Kementerian Pertahanan), abbreviated MINDEF, KEMENTAH, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for defence, national security, army, navy, hydrography, air force, armed forces, intelligence services, counterintelligence, military intelligence, national service, and veterans affairs. The Minister of Defence administers his functions through the Ministry of Defence and a range of other government agencies. Its headquarters is in Kuala Lumpur. History Ministry of Defence was established on 31 August 1957 and officially began operations in a building located in Brockman Road (now Jalan Dato' Onn), Kuala Lumpur. This building also housed the office of the first Defence Minister, the late Tun Abdul Razak bin Datuk Hussein, who served from 31 August 1957 to 22 September 1970. The first building of the Ministry of Defence was constructed by the Federal Government at a cost of RM122,000.00 and was officially opened by Tun Haji Abdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian Public Works Department
The Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR; ms, Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia) is the federal government department in Malaysia under Ministry of Works Malaysia (MOW) which is responsible for construction and maintenance of public infrastructure in West Malaysia and Labuan. In Sabah and Sarawak, a separate entity of Public Works Department exists under respective state government's jurisdiction but both departments are also subordinate to the parent department at the same time. Historical Timeline of Public Works Department Establishment The position of Chief Engineer for the Straits Settlements was established in 1858. Singapore was a prominent holding camp for British colonial convicts in the Far East at the time. The British relied on soldiers to fill the positions of engineers and doctors. In each colony, an army officer from the engineering team will be stationed to monitor the civil works. Major McNair has come to Singapore to fill the position for this purpose. The Strai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damansara Camp
Damansara may refer to: *Damansara, Selangor, a mukim of the Petaling district, state of Selangor, Malaysia ;Constituencies *, a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia *, a former federal constituency in the Federal Territories, Malaysia *Damansara Utama (state constituency), a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia *Kota Damansara (state constituency), a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia ;Other places: *Damansara River, a river in the state of Selangor, Malaysia *Kota Damansara, a suburb in Sungai Buloh subdistrict of Petaling Jaya city *Damansara Jaya *Damansara Perdana *Kwasa Damansara *Mutiara Damansara *Bandar Sri Damansara *Ara Damansara *Damansara Town Centre *Bukit Damansara *Bandar Damansara Kuantan *Taman Damansara Aliff * 3 Damansara Shopping Mall * Jalan Damansara Jalan Damansara is a major road in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One of the oldest roads in the city, it currently serves as a link between the Damansara sections of Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuala Lumpur
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