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Chor Chee Heung
Chor Chee Heung (; born 15 March 1955) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Housing and Local Government from June 2010 to May 2013, Deputy Minister of Finance II from April 2009 to June 2010, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II from March 2008 to April 2009, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Transport from 1995 to 1999 in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Najib, Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Syed Hamid Albar and Ling Liong Sik as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Setar from October 1990 to May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. Chor was elected to the Alor Setar constituency in 1990. He retained the seat in the 2008 election by 184 votes, before being defeated in the 2013 election. In June 2010, he was promoted to Minister of Housing and Local Gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cao (Chinese Surname)
Cáo is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cáo''). It is listed 26th in the Song dynasty, Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. Cao is romanized as "Tsao" in Wade-Giles (Ts'ao), which is widely adopted in Taiwan, although the apostrophe is often omitted in practice. It is romanized "Cho", "Tso", and "Chaw" in Cantonese; "Chou", "Chô", and "Chow" in Hokkien; and "Chau", "Chow" in Teochew dialect, Teochew. It is romanized "Zau" or "Dzau" in Shanghainese. Distribution Cao is the list of common Chinese surnames#People's Republic, 30th-most-common surname in mainland China as of 2019 and the list of common Chinese surnames#Republic, 58th-most-common surname on Taiwan. In the United States, the romanization Cao is a fairly list of common US surnames, common surname, ranked 7,425th during the 1990 US census, 1990 census but 2,986th during the year 2000 US census, 2000 census. It is one of the few Chinese surnames whose pinyin transcription is already more common t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Syed Hamid Albar
Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar ( Jawi: سيد حميد بن سيد جعفر البر; '; born 15 January 1944) is a Malaysian lawyer and politician who has served as 1st Chancellor of the Asia e University (AeU) since October 2022. He served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Minister of Justice, Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Home Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from October 1990 to April 2009. He also served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Tinggi from November 1990 to May 2013. He was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions. Prior to that, he was also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition. He retired from politics in February 2022 and left UMNO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Barisan Nasional
Barisan Nasional (BN; ) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party. It is the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in the Dewan Rakyat after Pakatan Harapan (PH) with 82 seats and Perikatan Nasional (PN) with 74 seats. The coalition consists of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), and United Sabah People's Party (PBRS). The Barisan Nasional coalition employs the same inter-communal governing model of its predecessor the Alliance Party but on a wider scale, with up to 14 communal political parties involved in the coalition at one point. It dominated Malaysian politics for over thirty years after it was founded. Taken together with its predecessor Alliance, it had a combined period of rule of almost 61 years from 1957 to 2018, and was considered the longest ruling coalition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oo Gin Sun
OO, O_O or variants may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''OO'' (EP), by Zion.T, 2017 * OO, production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Ice Warriors'' * "O.O" (song), by Nmixx, 2022 Places * Oô, France * Oo, Indonesia Science and transportation * Ōō, an extinct bird of the genus ''Moho'' * SkyWest Airlines, IATA airline code OO * OO, the aircraft registration prefix for Belgium * Old Oak Common TMD, England, carriage shed depot code OO Other uses * several emoticons * , a Latin-script digraph * , a ligature of the Latin script. * Oo stick, a traditional Hawaiian digging bar * Original Oratory, a competitive event in high school forensic competitions * OO gauge, a model railway standard * Official Observer, an appointed amateur radio operator * Oo Zun (1868–1944), Burmese social worker and Buddhist nun * Tin Oo (1927–2024), Burmese politician, activist and military See also * Double O (other) * 00 (other) * 0- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mohamed Ujang
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of Adam in Islam, Adam, Noah in Islam, Noah, Abraham in Islam, Abraham, Moses in Islam, Moses, Jesus in Islam, Jesus, and other Prophets and messengers in Islam, prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets in Islam, and along with the Quran, his teachings and Sunnah, normative examples form the basis for Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born in Mecca to the aristocratic Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father, Abdullah, the son of tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, died around the time Muhammad was born. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ibrahim Saad
Ibrahim bin Saad (3 August 1946 – 15 November 2024) was a Malaysian politician and diplomat, who also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of National University of Malaysia. Ibrahim Saad served a single term as Tasek Gelugor MP from 1995 to 1999. He was also Deputy Chief Minister of Penang (1990-1995) and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (May 1995 until November 1996) and Deputy Minister of Transport (November 1996 – 14 December 1999). Career Originally a USM lecturer, Ibrahim began his career in politics as Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim's political secretary. It was in 1983 when Anwar was Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. Ibrahim Saad was Seberang Jaya Assemblyman for two terms from 1986 and was a member of Parliament for Tasek Gelugor in 1995. He won the parliamentary seat of Tasek Gelugor, Penang in the 1995 Malaysian General Election defeating Salleh Man - PAS with a majority of 12,651 votes. After the dismissal of Anwar Ibrahim as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mohd Ali Rustam
Mohd. Ali bin Mohd. Rustam (; born 24 August 1949) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 7th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca since June 2020. He served as the 9th Chief Minister of Malacca from December 1999 to May 2013, Deputy Minister of Health from November 1996 to December 1999, Deputy Minister of Transport from May 1995 to November 1996, Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Berendam from April 1995 to November 1999, Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Batu from March 2004 to May 2013, for Paya Rumput from November 1999 to March 2004, for Sungai Udang from October 1990 to April 1995 and for Ayer Molek from August 1986 to October 1990. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Early life and education Mohd Ali was born in Kampung Bukit Katil, Malacca on 24 August 1949. He got his first education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Katil and Sekolah K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ling Liong Sik
Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik (; Foochow Romanized: ''Lìng Liòng-sĭk''; born 18 September 1943) is a Malaysian politician. He was the sixth president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and also the former Malaysian Minister for Transport. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak filed the suit against Ling Liong Sik on 2015, alleging that Ling had made libellous remarks against him in an article carried on a news portal. He is the current chancellor and former chairman of the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). UTAR's Dewan Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik is named in honour after him. In 27 October 2015, Prime Minister Najib Razak is suing Ling Liong Sik for allegedly implying that he had misused public fund for his personal interests. In 22 May 2018, Najib has withdrawn his defamation suit against Ling Liong Sik over the alleged misuse of public funds. He is also one of the most influential Chinese politicians in contemporary M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir bin Mohamad (; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who was respectively the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and from 2018 to 2020. He was the country's longest-serving prime minister, serving for a cumulative total of 24 years. His political career has spanned more than 75 years, from joining protests opposing citizenship policies for non-Malays in the Malayan Union in the 1940s to forming the Gerakan Tanah Air coalition in 2022. During his premiership, Mahathir was granted the title "Father of Modernisation" () for his pivotal role in transforming the country's economy and infrastructure. At nearly 100 years old, he is currently the oldest living former Malaysian prime minister. Born and raised in Alor Setar, Kedah, Mahathir excelled at school and became a physician. He became active in UMNO before entering the parliament of Malaysia in 1964 Malaysian general election, 1964 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Salahuddin Of Selangor
Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (Jawi script, Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the Sultan of Selangor from 1960, and the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) from 1999, until his death in 2001. Early life Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah was born at 3:30 pm on 8 March 1926 at the Istana Bandar Temasha, Jugra, Kuala Langat. He was the eldest son of Sultan Hisamuddin of Selangor by his royal consort, Tengku Ampuan Jemaah. He received his early education at the Pengkalan Batu Malay School in Klang (city), Klang in 1934. In 1936, he furthered his studies at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar until 1941 when World War II began. After World War II, he went to England in 1947 and studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London for two years. Upon his return from the United Kingdom, he served with the Civil Service Department as a trainee officer with the Selangor Survey Department. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ja'afar Of Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Jawi script, Jawi: ; 19 July 1922 – 27 December 2008) was Yamtuan Besar, Yang Di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan from 1967 until his death in 2008, and the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), from 1994 to 1999. Early life and education Tuanku Ja'afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman was born on 19 July 1922 in Klang, Selangor to Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad and his wife Che Engku Maimunah binti Abdullah and was raised in Seri Menanti, Negeri Sembilan. His mother was of mixed Irish people, Irish and Anglo-Indian people, Anglo-Indian descent. Growing up in an affectionate and considerate family had a profound impact on Tuanku Ja'afar's character. He had a very close relationship with his siblings. He also emulated his father's practice of visiting the local villagers and performing Friday prayers at Masjid Seri Menanti with his subjects. This childhood exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ministry Of Transport (Malaysia)
The Ministry of Transport (; Jawi: ), abbreviated MOT, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for transport: road transport, civil aviation, road safety, port authority, maritime, air accident investigation, logistic and maritime safety. The ministry is headquartered in Putrajaya. The Minister of Transport administers his functions through the Ministry of Transport and a range of other government agencies. Organization * Minister of Transport ** Under the Authority of Minister *** Air Accident Investigation Bureau ** Deputy Minister *** Secretary-General **** Under the Authority of Secretary-General ***** Internal Audit Unit ***** Legal Advisor Office ***** Corporation Communication Unit ***** Integrity Unit ***** Key Performance Indicator Unit **** Deputy Secretary-General (Policy) ***** Strategic Planning and International Division ***** Maritime Division ***** Aviation Division ***** Logistic and Land Transport Division **** Deputy Secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
