tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72833103305758126332024-02-22T06:16:14.506-08:00TAN SRI ABDUL KADIR SHAMSUDDIN : IN MEMORIAM03 November 1920 - 08 November 1978, a former Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia; was Chairman & Chief Executive of PETRONAS on his death.shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-46855137359558973132024-01-17T05:34:00.000-08:002024-01-17T05:39:05.212-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYMCzbVCZrxO25t3SiE8OciO1nFA0HhFTDgeTFjZwPqIUSZWZWhgj7uVrJc024j_sATcG9iIWwDiihK3cR3yGjbsCzH9wN5OCBMe8oJiLNzvDAKUmS9sO5YtG1klyINAPI2u6IxnC47fhRD59n6eDwROxv8JydG70aqIOUfEmRCvVE-BJsq2KX1nj704/s1458/Screenshot%202024-01-17%20at%204.49.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="974" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYMCzbVCZrxO25t3SiE8OciO1nFA0HhFTDgeTFjZwPqIUSZWZWhgj7uVrJc024j_sATcG9iIWwDiihK3cR3yGjbsCzH9wN5OCBMe8oJiLNzvDAKUmS9sO5YtG1klyINAPI2u6IxnC47fhRD59n6eDwROxv8JydG70aqIOUfEmRCvVE-BJsq2KX1nj704/w195-h292/Screenshot%202024-01-17%20at%204.49.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="195" /></a></div><br /> <b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">Book Review.</span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">(as published in Southeast Asian Social Science Review, Volume 5, Number 2 July - December 2020).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Khadijah Md Khalid, Shakila Yacob, & Sharifah Mariam Alhabshi (2020)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">The Power of Deeds: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Petaling Jaya, MPH Publishing. 363 p. ISBN 978-967-415-541-4 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">written by Khairil Anuar Ramli, PhD Candidate, Institut Islam Hadhari, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Email: khairil.anuar.ramli@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The book epitomizes the crucial and definitive roles played by played by administrative and political elites during the early years of Malaysia's Independance in 1957, personified by the long-time symbiotic association between a senior civil servant and a senior politician, both of whom rose to be the fourth Chief Secretary to the Federal Government and the second Prime Minister of Malaysia. Both these personas have passed away more than 40 years ago whilst they were at their peak. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">More specifically the book explores the life of the little-known Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin, born in Kajang, Selangor on 3 November 1920, educated at Bristol University and Yale University.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">His public service career was synonymous with the national administrative institution-building history of this nation, working alongside the equally hardworking civil servant-turned-politician Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, whom he personally knew during his university days in England.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">The 4-year research that led to the writing of this book started of as a request by Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin's family who hopes to fulfill his wishes to have a memoir written. Whilst it seems that the materials on Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin were scarce, the research gained its momentum when family friends and senior colleagues who are well into their 70s and 80s agreed to be interviewed and shared their experience working together with Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin, supported predominantly by archival </span>resources in Malaysia, England and the United States of America. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">There are eight chapters that cover a personal history that spans over forty years since before the country's Independence in 1957 until Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin's demise in 1978. Chapter 1 covers his formative years in the public service - setting the tone on how working alongside the British officials during pre-Independence days. Chapter 2 describes his roles in the Malayan (later Malaysian) Civil Services and the post-Independence transition period whilst Chapter 3 delves into his 12-year attachment at the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). His post-MINDEF years were epitomized by the fluidity of ideas and institution-building initiatives within the newly independent nation. The senior civil servants were instrumental in dispensing critical advice to political elites and subsequently became institution builders, as wel as in shaping the national political and socio-economic landscape. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The subsequent four chapters describe the vital roles played by Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin as a senior civil servant in various settings. Whilst Chapter 4 highlights his many achievements in enhancing the administrative capacity of the Malaysian Civil Services, Chapter 5 outlines his critical roles in the National Operations Council (NOC) during the darkest period of Malaysia's nation- building arising from the May 13th ethnic riots. Subsequently as the fourth Chief Secretary to the Federal Government in 1970, he led the Civil Service in the historical social reconstruction of the post-1969 Malaysian society. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Immediately after the untimely death of Tun Razak in 1976, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin retired from the Civil Service. However, his administrative and management talent as well as his institution-building prowess have been redeployed in other fields. The developmentalism paradigm adopted by Tun Razak's post-1969 economic policies have opened up a new vista for talented and experienced senior civil servants to assist the government to further strengthen the government-industry nexus. It was this corporate experience that has been endeavoured by Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin after his retirement in September 1976. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Chapter 6 briefly sketches the corporate experience of managing Lembaga Letrik Negara (LLN) (the national power service provider) as its Chairman (1973-1977). This was followed by his appointment as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the national petroleum company, PETRONAS replacing Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah in 1976 during the height of intense and protracted negotiations between PETRONAS and other oil and gas multinationals operating in Malaysia such as Shell, ESSO and Mobil; some of which have already been operating in Malaysia for the past 80 years at that time. This brief two-year corporate experience merits further discussion and analysis since it sets the tempo and structural set-up of the petroleum industry in Malaysia for many years to come. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Chapter 7 elaborates Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin's roles in institutionalizing the political leadership's ideas on the higher education sector through the setting up of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) (later renamed as Universiti Putra Malaysia) in 1971 and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 1970. It relates to the history of how the manning of these institutions was carried out during their early years and how Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin engaged his vast network within the Civil Service to ensure the vision of the political leadership to empower the nation through higher education was realized during those days. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The book then concludes with an overview and the assessment of his overall contribution to the nation, highlighting his quiet demeanour and meticulousness in planning that have helped concretise the various ideas mooted by the political leadership; thereby solidifying the symbiotic relationship of various stakeholders within the Government in their quests to achieve the best for the nation. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">The authors have highlighted at the outset of the book that the materials pertaining to Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin were very sketchy and that they have to rely on the various interviews with 45 personalities (the brief profiles of whom were included at the end of the book) (pp. 283-317). Some of these personalities have since passed on. Despite this, the authors have done justice to put together the various bits of Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin's journey ni the overall context of the nation's post-Independence history. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Perhaps, a few points could be highlighted especially when discussing his role during the early setting up of PETRONAS and the spearheading of the early development of Malaysia's petroleum industry during 1976-1978, immediately after the conclusion of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) negotiation in November 1976. For instance, it is briefly mentioned in the book that PETRONAS was initially known as Hidrokarbon Malaysia (HIKMA) before it then changed to PETRONAS (p. 197). Nevertheless, there are indications that PETRONAS has always been incorporated as the name Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and not as HIKMA. HIKMA in fact was separately incorporated as a statutory body - a brainchild of the then Minister of Primary Industries who hoped to secure the corporation (as it was defined by the Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA 1974)) to be under the supervision of the Ministry of Primary Industries. However, the Prime Minister Tun Razak had a different idea altogether, which he then placed PETRONAS directly under the Prime Minister as per Section 3 of the PDA 1974. That was one of the reasons why Malaysia has never had a Ministry of Petroleum in its history unlike other developing countries that also produce and export oil and gas. This institutional structure of Malaysia's petroleum industry remains until today. It would however be very fruitful fi historical documentary evidence could be secured to further cement this understanding. The political economy of the setting up a strategic outfit that reports directly to the Prime Minister was controversial even during the early days of PETRONAS' incorporation. This led to the significant amendment of PDA 1974 in 1981 that separates the roles played by PETRONAS in the upstream and downstream sectors of the petroleum industry in Malaysia. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Apart from this institutional set-up, ti would also be insightful to know the interactions between Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin and the third Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn on the subsequent roles played by PETRONAS, after the passing on of Tun Razak. More importantly, an in-depth interview with Tun Salleh Abas, another illustrious personality behind the setting up of PETRONAS, would be very crucial since ti was Tun Salleh Abas in his capacity as the Solicitor-General that drafted the PDA 1974. His many discussions with Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin, the then Chief Secretary to the Government would definitely shed some light on the early policy directions of the incipient industry that turns out to be the anchor of the Federal Government's Consolidated Fund until today. Tun Salleh Abas was not amongst the 45 personalities who were interviewed for this book. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin was two years senior than Tun Razak, but it was fated that Tun Razak passed away two years earlier in January 1976 than Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin in November 1978. The 363-page biography of Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin during the formative years of post-Independence Malaysia is certainly a great welcome in the political economy narrative of modern Malaysia that has seen a shifting influence of public policies between the Civil Service and its political masters.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-GB"> ------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Khairil Anuar Ramli, MSc, is a PHD candidate at the Institute of Islam Hadhari, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. His previous sojourn was in the petroleum industry in the Petronas Group for more than two decades, including as a Senior Manager, Petronas Dagangan Berhad (PDB) (2011-2013). (as of July-December 2020).<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-18465596092998957982023-01-30T23:28:00.000-08:002023-01-30T23:28:14.750-08:00More photographs over the years .......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1st-Ey0YNlP8cHyiZ-9GQWlwrIlssGxfc-_hgiBizMrCe4r7u3on--9x93ECD5Ohx8FZH4ncsNa24okdc65WpKBa50r0L5_C6xh5N0D80-gip6ny0-GYrCNGfR9yeb2eKAKDw_7CjYnz4UthsbhMd1gtUBs3yEWe0auX9VRlVXrGGO3dS-ePjDlhc/s1744/271%20PoD%20219_p03%20eB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1136" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1st-Ey0YNlP8cHyiZ-9GQWlwrIlssGxfc-_hgiBizMrCe4r7u3on--9x93ECD5Ohx8FZH4ncsNa24okdc65WpKBa50r0L5_C6xh5N0D80-gip6ny0-GYrCNGfR9yeb2eKAKDw_7CjYnz4UthsbhMd1gtUBs3yEWe0auX9VRlVXrGGO3dS-ePjDlhc/w416-h640/271%20PoD%20219_p03%20eB.jpeg" width="416" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><b>PREFACE</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One fine afternoon more than three years ago, I was approached by Dr Shamsul Bahar Abdul Kadir to write a biography of his late father, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin, who served as the Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia from 1970 until the untimely demise of his close friend and colleague, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein in January 1976. I could not remember Abdul Kadir as I was still in primary school at the time, but I had a good memory of Tun Razak, the popular Prime Minister during the former’s tenure. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I initially hesitated in accepting Shamsul Bahar’s invitation to write about his unassuming late father due to the lack of relevant or related documents and research materials. I could foresee that the search for information would be a daunting task because to build or support the arguments in the biography, it would be necessary to refer to either primary or secondary sources.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I immediately thought of Tan Sri Arshad Ayub, then Chairman of the University of Malaya Board of Directors and a former prominent senior civil servant, and called to solicit his views on the proposed biography of Abdul Kadir. He advised me to drop whatever I was doing then and take on the project which significantly eased my trepidation. I was also very fortunate that I managed to discuss the matter with other senior civil servants, particularly Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, former Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia (1990-1996), who enthusiastically encouraged me to do the biography. Tun Ahmad Sarji has always regarded Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin as his colleague and mentor. The spin-off from the two meetings with him, which included Dr Shamsul Bahar in the first meeting and a few preliminary interviews with selected personalities, have helped pave the way in securing the much-needed supporting evidence and documents pertaining to Abdul Kadir.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>After more than three months, I finally accepted Shamsul Bahar's request to embark on writing the biography of his late father whom, I opine, after some background checking, very well deserves to be accorded his rightful place in the country's administrative and political history. Given that his destiny was closely intertwined with the birth of a then fledgling nation, Malaysia, his biography would in a way remind and educate the younger generation of the nation, the struggles and its history in the early stages of independence. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Since the research was multidisciplinary in nature with a strong emphasis on history, politics, public administration and public policy, I quickly thought of experts whom I believe could significantly contribute to the proposed biography project. Two names swiftly came to mind: Dr Sharifah Mariam Alhabshi, a colleague and an associate professor at the International Institute of Public Policy and Management (INPUMA), and Professor Dr Shakila Yacob of University Malaya’s History Department. The inclusion of other researchers and academics trained in history, public administration and public policy would bring a substantial added value to this project. Dr Shamsul Bahar and I were delighted when I managed to convince my two colleagues to be co-authors and researchers for the project. Another colleague, Professor Dr Mohd Hazim Shah Abdul Murad, also agreed to help with the editing. With my specialisation and training in political science, political economy and international relations, Professor Shakila in history and Dr Sharifah Mariam in public policy, I felt that I had a solid and credible team to embark on writing the biography of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin, one of the most illustrious sons of Malaysia.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Context</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin dutifully served the country when it was still young and being developed. Though many anecdotes of the heroic efforts of these early nation-builders that had been told, it is unfortunate and heartbreaking that few of those were documented. This ultimately brings us to the urgent need to conduct more research and publication, particularly on local administrative or bureaucratic elites who have made noteworthy contributions to the country's development. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>This biography is a serious attempt to document and highlight the important role played by Abdul Kadir and several of the key personalities in Malaysian public administration in the formulation of developmental ideas and institution-building process, particularly during the first 20 years after Malaysia’s independence. In the ensuing first two decades after Merdeka, the Malay(a)sian civil service (MCS) was helmed by a group of mostly educated, qualified and competent senior civil servants who often played an advisory role to the political leadership, led by the Prime Minister. The country was extremely blessed to have Tun Razak, a popular national leader, famously known to be very hardworking and dedicated to public service. He later joined active politics and was eventually appointed Prime Minister in 1970.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Razak administration was successfully assisted by a group of selfless civil servants of high calibre, led by none other than the exemplary Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin. This biography also traces the evolution and unique relationship between Abdul Kadir and his trusted friend, Tun Razak, who later became his "superior" and colleague. Although Tun Razak was at the political forefront and basking in its limelight, it was often Abdul Kadir and a group of other senior bureaucrats that he relied on when it came to the implementation of the policies formulated and adopted by the government.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Despite this biography being long overdue, the timing of the publication proves to be relevant to the present situation, particularly in the context of Malaysian society having experienced a radical political change after more than 60 years of rule by the Alliance and later, the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. There is no doubt that the BN dominance, especially post 1981, has had a great impact on the style and performance of the country’s public service. Malaysia initially started out as a country that inherited a relatively effective civil service and was admired and envied by many in the region. The civil service was the bedrock of the country’s development and progress. However, over the years, mainly due to the overwhelming dominance of politicians over the bureaucrats, the nature of the relationship between the politicians and the public administrators changed, from development led by the administrative elites to a more dominant political-led direction. Public service performance and delivery was dictated by political masters who harnessed the talent and resources of the corporate consultants and the private sector, pushing public administrators to a less prominent and significant role.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The history of Malay(a)sian politics and public bureaucracy has shown that many of the political leaders between the period of the 1950s and '70s were recruited from the civil service. Leaders such as Datuk Onn Jaafar, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak and Tun Hussein Onn were all civil servants who were first recruited to serve in public administration. This phenomenon explains the relatively harmonious nature of the relationship between the political and administrative elites of the country, which was based on mutual trust, respect and understanding. It is within the context of this close relationship, that the authors have had to situate the bond between Abdul Kadir and his political master, Tun Razak.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Challenges</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With nothing much written about Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin, how do we go about getting an insight into the character of such an illustrious personality who, like the other senior bureaucrats, had worked mainly behind the scenes and left behind many good deeds? As the lead author of this biography project, I was particularly concerned about how to gather information on Abdul Kadir, who had passed away more than 40 years ago. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>With the help of Dr Shamsul Bahar, Abdul Kadir’s second son, and former senior civil servants Tun Ahmad Sarji, Tan Sri Arshad Ayub and Tan Sri Dr Sulaiman Mahbob, we began to identify individuals who are still alive and have recollections of Abdul Kadir. Of course, it would be undeniably great if the person(s) have had the experience of directly working with Abdul Kadir and had had close contact with him. With the help of Dr Shamsul Bahar and others, we managed to identify a few people whom we could interview, such as Tan Sri Alwi Jantan, Brigadier General Dato’ Abdul Latif Ahmad (Rtd) and Datuk Anwaruddin Ahamad Osman. However, they had little to no interactions at all with Abdul Kadir since they were only in their mid-twenties when they first joined the government.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Nevertheless, one civil servant was an exception: Ahmad Sarji, who had the privilege to serve as the Under-Secretary to the Cabinet and Constitution Division of the Prime Minister’s Department in December 1972, while Abdul Kadir was the Chief Secretary to the Government and Secretary to the Cabinet. Ahmad Sarji confessed that he had learnt much from Abdul Kadir, whom he regarded as his mentor. The latter had greatly influenced him to excel in public service and taught him how cabinet decisions would be formulated and acted upon by the secretariat. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>However, we regret being unable to interview some of the key personalities whom we initially thought could help us shed some light on the private as well as the professional life of this towering Malaysian. One of them was (the late) Tan Sri Abu Zarim Haji Omar, former General Manager of the National Electricity Board (NEB) or LLN. Abu Zarim was not only a close associate and confidant of Abdul Kadir but also his brother-in-law. Abu Zarim would have been one of the best persons to be consulted for this biography project. Unfortunately, he passed away in July 2016. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Another important personality would be the late Tan Sri Abdullah Ahmad, who was appointed as the political secretary to Tun Razak from 1963 to 1974, the first appointment of its kind in post-Merdeka Malay(a)sia. The charismatic and flamboyant (and controversial) Abdullah, unfortunately passed away in June 2016. The latest loss is the recent demise of Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khalil Haji Hussein (19 May 2018), who had gone through similar educational and professional experiences as Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin. With the passing of several key senior civil servants (between 2016 to 2018) who could have significantly contributed to the enrichment of this biography, the authors felt compelled to record the insights and stories of other living key personalities, on the Malaysia’s political history and development, as soon as possible. It was fortuitous that Dato’ Mohamed Dahan who started his public service career in Pahang in 1970, became enthusiastic about the biography and volunteered to review all the draft chapters, adding colour to some of the stories. More importantly, the authors hope that these important individuals could share their views and anecdotes about Abdul Kadir.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Throughout our research, we have learned that Tun Razak and Abdul Kadir seemed inseparable since their early days together in colonial Singapore. Thus, it is only logical for the writers to refer to the available sources on Tun Razak to know more about Abdul Kadir. Subsequently, we tracked the writings on Tun Razak, which included his days together with Abdul Kadir at Raffles College, followed by the State of Pahang, the Merdeka delegation, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Cabinet (but there was not much on him either). That was how the authors managed to reconstruct and narrate the history of this illustrious Malaysian.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the digitisation of primary sources and documents, mainly by developed nations such as the US, the UK, including neighbouring Singapore, gradually the authors, through their physical and virtual visits to some of these amazing libraries and archives, were able to reconstruct a narrative of this distinguished civil servant. Of course, not forgetting the assistance rendered by the Arkib Negara Malaysia, which gave us a chronological overview by providing the timeline of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin’s career progression. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin as one of the most trusted administrators, advisors and confidants to Tun Razak is a story that must shared with the good people of Malaysia. He was behind the serious Tun Razak, very much loved and admired by so many people. The Razak administration was aided by prominent and "colourful" personalities, which included the afore-mentioned Abdullah Ahmad who served as his political secretary and Tun Muhammad Ghazali Shafie, popularly known as King Ghaz. Like Tun Razak, Ghazali also began his career as a civil servant and later decided to join active politics and was appointed as Minister of Special Duties and Information (1970-1975). Tun Razak was surrounded by a set of highly capable and competent young men to help him govern the nation at a challenging time in its post-Merdeka history. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>While Tun Razak was famous and remembered to this day, Abdul Kadir was not that talked of, discussed or reminisced. The authors believe that the unique and inspiring Abdul Kadir-Abdul Razak story has to be uncovered, shared and appreciated by all Malaysians. This biography is about the long, arduous and fulfilling journey embarked by two close friends in their quest to serve a young nation beset with so many challenges, including the threat of collapse. Even though the work is historical, it is also relevant to contemporary Malaysia. Given the challenges of the current new government is facing post GE14, the lessons of the past should provide us with the moral courage and political will to move on and succeed, as the previous leadership had done. It would be tragic indeed if the sacrifices by these political and administrative elites were made in vain. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Khadijah Md Khalid</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lead Author</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>3 November 2019</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><br /></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 18pt 0cm 27pt;"><span lang="MS" style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></p>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-8215828820601633882023-01-18T08:25:00.004-08:002023-01-24T08:38:40.110-08:00Chapter 8 from the book "THE POWER of DEEDS"<p><br /></p><blockquote><blockquote><p>THE POWER <i>of</i> DEEDS: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><b><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>CHAPTER 8</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>AN OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>OF ABDUL KADIR SHAMSUDDIN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATION</b></div><div><br /></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Malay(a)sia in the 1950s until the 70's was a developing plural society with rising expectations, potential and promises. It was one of the Southeast Asia countries that had finally gained independence from the various European colonial powers.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As a new nation, despite its multiethnic and multicultural characteristics, Malay(a)sia had achieved relatively impressive success in politics and economics in the first decade of Merdeka. This could be attributed to its efficient public bureaucracy characterised by the harmonious relationship between the political elites and the senior bureaucrats in the civil service. The public bureaucracy of the new nation was, without a doubt, very much influenced by its unique historical and socio-cultural processes, before and after the arrival of the British. Upon its independence and following the first decade of Merdeka, Malay(a)sia succeeded because the British had not only left behind a relatively politically and economically stable country but also provided full security and defence support. </div><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span> </span>Malay(a)sia’s ability to sustain itself as a relatively stable and democratic country can also be attributed to its political and administrative leadership. Prior to independence in 1957, a small group of Malay senior civil servants were already playing significant roles in charting the country’s direction, paving the way for future national development. Following its independence, the country was managed by administrative elites, comprising of mainly British and Malayan senior civil servants, who were committed to realising the national development agenda. With their counterparts in politics, many of these senior administrative officers had an aristocratic background and had been socialised within the British education system, with its values and norms. They possessed admirable traits and qualities, namely, integrity and altruism, which guided them well while serving their beloved nation. By the time of independence, the young country already had both Malay and non-Malay citizenry, many of whom became citizens as agreed in the constitution. It was this heterogeneity of the society that posed a real challenge to the government of Tunku Abdul Rahman and the successive governments of post-Merdeka Malay(a)sia.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin: The Pre-Merdeka and Early Merdeka Years</b></div><div><br /></div><div>As a developing young nation inundated by many complex issues in nation-building, Malaysia was truly blessed with the availability of highly educated, talented and committed civil servants. Many of them had undergone similar experiences in education and political socialisation in colonial Malaya, among them were Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin and Abdul Razak Hussein. Both of them had met for the first time at Raffles College in Singapore and their friendship had blossomed and extended to the U.K. where both were students and active members of the Malay Society and the infant Malayan Forum.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir’s journey as a young public servant began before World War II. Like many Malayans who had lived under the harsh Japanese military rule, the experience had influenced Abdul Kadir’s views on politics and governance of post-war Malaya. Working side by side with Tunku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak and other members of the Merdeka delegation, the destiny of Abdul Kadir was set. He was destined to play a significant role, particularly in developing the public administration and governance of post-colonial Malay(a)sia. His significant deeds in the successful Merdeka mission, when he was the Principal Secretary of the Cabinet, attest to his brilliance, dedication, and patriotism.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Upon his return from Bristol, UK, in 1952, Abdul Kadir was assigned to serve in Pahang (1952-1953). While there, he contributed quite significantly to the development of the state as he worked alongside Tun Razak who was from Pekan, Pahang. Abdul Kadir’s brief stint in Kuala Lipis, the state capital of Pahang then, included providing leadership guidance in maintaining peace and security during the height of the communist insurgency in the state. As history portrays, Tun Razak would later become Abdul Kadir’s "political master", first at MINDEF, followed by Abdul Kadir’s appointment at the FEO and finally, as the fourth Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia (1970-1976). It is interesting to note that Abdul Kadir’s career in public service was closely associated with his excellent working relationship with Tun Razak, from the early 1950s, when the latter was State Secretary of Pahang (1952-1953).</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir’s service in the public bureaucracy is exemplary, worth noting by today’s officers and training institutions. He used every opportunity to improve himself educationally, and therefore, his services were intermittently "interrupted" by personal passion and interest of learning as much as possible in those early years, either to empower himself with new knowledge or other academic disciplines. He pursued Law at Bristol University (1948-1952), and later studied Politics at Yale University (1954-1955). His impressive academic specialisations and achievements in economics, law, defence, and politics were notable at various stages of his professional life. Abdul Kadir had proven himself from his younger days at Raffles College in colonial Singapore (1939-1941), his attachment at the War Office in London (1956) prior to Merdeka, followed by his post-graduate studies at the Imperial Defence College in London (1957). All these stages of his life had significantly contributed to his personal and professional development in public service. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir had left a very significant mark on MINDEF, having served the important ministry for a total of twelve years (out of his 37 years in public service). As a very senior civil servant at MINDEF, he succeeded in addressing and managing a series of security threats and other related challenges throughout the 1960s. His resilience as a top-notch bureaucrat at MINDEF was continuously tested and challenged, during the Malaysia-Indonesia Confrontation especially, and the widespread local communist insurgencies as well as the external communist threats in the region. There is no doubt that his capability in managing MINDEF had won the trust and respect of the outgoing British colonial authority as well as that of his contemporaries, peers and subordinates, and not forgetting the Tunku and Tun Razak.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>After 12 years at MINDEF, Abdul Kadir had mastered and developed many management skills including the art of negotiation. He was entrusted with handling sensitive and difficult matters requiring statesmanship. Following his immense contributions to the development of MINDEF, Abdul Kadir was promoted to Principal Establishment Officer at the FEO in 1967. Within a short time, he initiated significant administrative changes in the whole organisation and transformed the overall public bureaucracy. he had earlier implemented a proposal from the DAU by establishing the training and career development division in the PSD, aimed at improving the government’s education and training programmes for all levels of the civil service. INTAN soon emerged as the country’s leading training institute for civil servants. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir’s appointment as the fourth Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia (1970-1976) coincided with the rigorous implementation of the ground-breaking NEP introduced in the aftermath of May 13. The 1970s marked an important era in the Malaysian political and economic history. Apart from restructuring the economy and society, the Razak administration was also preoccupied with addressing quite a number of unresolved issues that had been simmering in society and the challenges that persist until today, particularly those pertaining to the creation of a more united and stable post-1969 Malaysia. Many new institutions were created, including having outreach programmes focusing on developing racial unity and national integration, through education and national culture. These institutions were introduced by the Razak government with the strong administrative support of Abdul Kadir and many other personalities mentioned throughout this biography. Tun Razak and Abdul Kadir worked as a team in formulating a series of new and bold policy initiatives and public programmes as well as campaigns, all aimed at rebuilding a fractured nation and guiding it towards a more united and progressive Malaysia, in the short time from 1970 until 1976 when Tun Razak died so early in life.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin and his untold deeds for the nation</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The preceding chapters of this biography have clearly illustrated the outstanding and admirable characteristics and qualities of Abdul Kadir as a young public servant in pre- and post-independence Malaya. His administrative leadership capability was noticed from a very young age by the British colonial authority, and subsequently, endorsed by the Tunku, followed by the Razak government.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Throughout his public service career, Abdul Kadir was assisted by quite a number of remarkable senior civil servants who had undergone similar historical and socialisation processes of the defining decades of the 1940s up to the 1970s. With their strong sense of duty and commitment as well as shared common values and interests, they had wholeheartedly contributed as a team to nation-building. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It is within this rapidly changing Malaysian society and polity of the 1950s to 70's that we have to understand the dynamic and symbiotic relationship between Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin and Abdul Razak Hussein. Both were driven by the urgent need and desire to build Malaya from a young nation which had experienced a long British colonial rule to one that would be independent, stable, and vibrant. The historic Merdeka mission, followed by the fruits of Merdeka, witnessed the development of the close and enduring relationship between the two trusted friends who later became colleagues and compatriots. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir was, undoubtedly, the right person for the tasks assigned to him. This was obvious from the day he joined MAS in 1952 and his quick promotion to Secretary for Defence (later, renamed Secretary General of MINDEF); leading a highly demanding and challenging ministry was not at all surprising. As the Secretary for Defence, he was entrusted with providing leadership for MINDEF. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>However, by the late 1960s, the nation was deeply fractured by the rise of ethnic chauvinism and growing insecurity of the predominantly Malay population. At the same time, The Merdeka or social contract of 1957 was seriously challenged by certain quarters in the context of the nation’s changing political demography. Abdul Kadir and Razak had worked very hard to rebuild and transform Malaysian society for the betterment of the Malays and non-Malays, particularly after the traumatic May 13 episodes. Working closely together with politicians, scholars and public administrators including technocrats, Abdul Kadir was able to formulate the NEP for the country. His team consisting of mainly public administrators also succeeded in developing several public agencies aimed at realising the agenda of rebuilding and reengineering Malaysian society. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>With his expertise as well as wealth of knowledge and experience and having the highly driven Tun Razak as his "political master", Abdul Kadir was inspired to deliver the best results for his country. He also assumed the highest position in the Malaysian civil service as the Chief Secretary to the Government in 1970. He also possessed the brilliance and tenacity in turning ideas into reality, as evident by his many remarkable deeds during the last decade of his government service. Together with Tun Razak and other senior government officials, Abdul Kadir not only formulated many ideas but also helped to galvanise those ideas into pragmatic public policies such as the NEP and build respectable institutions, namely, the PSD, NEB, PETRONAS, UPM, UKM, and INTAN. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir’s profound ability to conceptualise, monitor and materialise ideas and projects was also the core that shaped Tun Razak’s visions into reality. Although Tun Razak was two years younger than him, Abdul Kadir still served the former with utmost loyalty and respect. The special bond of comradeship between Abdul Kadir the civil servant and Tun Razak the politician who would later become the country’s second Prime Minister is indeed an inspiring story to be shared with Malaysians, more so today when the country’s public governance has come under great scrutiny in the last 10 years or so. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Authors’ Reminiscences</b></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div>One of the major observations of this biography is the instrumental role of the civil service, particularly senior bureaucrats who were highly educated, versatile, robust, and proactive. They were true patriots who dedicated their lives to serving the nation. They were the men and women who simply "did their work" for the rakyat without seeking gratification nor fame or glory. These silent heroes worked tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that all the visions and missions of the government would be executed efficiently and monitored diligently. Abdul Kadir and many of his peers and others before him started their career as civil servants in the colonial administration of British Malaya at a very young age. As young public officials, they were full of dynamism and passion, and guided by strong traditional values and wisdom to serve the people who yearned for a better quality of life. The nation owes it to these patriots for their bravery, dedication, and hard work in making the country what it is today. There is no doubt that the remarkable economic growth and prosperity particularly in the 1970s – which coincided with the robust politico-administrative leadership of Tun Razak-Abdul Kadir (1970-1976) – clearly illustrated the political will, wisdom, and courage of the two personalities in the history of Malaysian development.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir and many of his peers as well as subordinates of that generation were always eager to learn and explore new things. The stories about the arduous yet exciting and challenging journey undertaken by Abdul Kadir and his fellow senior civil servants in advancing their education while already working in public service in itself is very inspiring and rewarding. In fact, the Malay(a)sian civil service was indeed very fortunate to have a set of highly educated senior civil servants who were always prepared and willing to enhance their knowledge, communication, and negotiation skills by pursuing their studies abroad. They valued the lifelong learning and training opportunities associated with their quest for more knowledge and real-life experiences.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir was an institution builder who found great joy and satisfaction in building the foundations of numerous organisations for national interests. The visionary Abdul Kadir was always seeking the help of international agencies such as the World Bank and the Ford Foundation to not only empower the Malaysian civil service, but also the overall capacity building of the country. He was the "real" bureaucrat, putting the needs and interests of the nation as his top most priority.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The best practices by the bureaucratic elites of the 1950s throughout 1970s should be emulated by today’s generation of civil servants. For example, mentoring younger officers to take over key positions in certain strategic institutions or organisations of great importance should be strongly encouraged. Succession plans such as the grooming of Raja Alias by Taib Andak to succeed the latter at FELDA ensured the continuity and sustainability of the organisation in fulfilling its objectives in alleviating rural poverty and empowering the smallholders who had been marginalised by the lopsided British colonial policies. This mentoring system was critical in ensuring the continuation of the nation’s growth and success in the challenging decades of the 1960s and '70s. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Abdul Kadir also played a key role in promoting bilateral ties between Malaysia and the Republic of Indonesia. Again, his many visits to Indonesia were always multi-pronged; looking for opportunities to learn from the Indonesian nation-building experience and to explore new areas of cooperation and collaboration, particularly in higher education, that could benefit his people. As an astute diplomat, Abdul Kadir knew how to respect and appreciate immediate neighbours; balancing the issues and solutions of both developing and developed nations. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Despite his quiet demeanour, Abdul Kadir had also contributed to the strengthening of Malaysia’s diplomatic relations with the Republic of Indonesia through both interpersonal ties and professional networks. The important sociocultural element of serumpun between the two countries was accentuated and, subsequently, provided the basis for normalisation of bilateral relations between Malaysia and Indonesia post-Konfrontasi. As a man of deeds, there is no doubt that Abdul Kadir had succeeded in elevating Malaysia – Indonesia ties to include higher education and business as clearly illustrated in the founding of UKM and PETRONAS, respectively, both with the support of the government and people of Indonesia. Abdul Kadir who had proven himself as an unassuming diplomat, must also be credited for his role in enhancing Malaysia’s relations with a relatively unknown country in Europe – Norway – in the 1970s, through the strategic collaboration between PETRONAS and Statoil. The brilliant ideas of the Norwegian economist, Dr Just Faaland which became the basis for the NEP, were capable of being implemented mainly due to the strong support of abled administrators such as Abdul Kadir who was himself one of the key personalities during its early formulation and implementation. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The civil service could be regarded as a relatively independent entity in most of the 1960s and '70s. Abdul Kadir had an acute sense about the role of the civil servants and their relationship with the political masters. He contributed his vast knowledge and expertise from his long experience of working for and with the British colonial masters and imparted this invaluable knowledge and skills to his peers and younger colleagues. His key contributions could be seen in the official reports, such as the Five-year Plans and the documents on the NOC and NEP. It is unfortunate that several years after the untimely passing of Abdul Kadir, the civil service had become increasingly politicised and no longer regarded as equal partners to the politicians who helmed the ministries. Over the years, the civil servants have become more subservient to the political masters and would not disagree with the ministers. This was hardly the case before when the civil servants were quite free to express their concerns with the ministers in private.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Malaysians generally look back to the 1970s with great fondness and a deep sense of pride. Never in the history of politics and the public administration of Malaysia have we had such an ideal and rewarding working relationship and partnership between the country’s Prime Minister and the top civil servant, the Chief Secretary to the Government. Both were men of great ideas and vision and driven by the same sense of nationalistic purpose. Abdul Kadir had the special gift of articulating the inner thoughts and ideas of the unassuming and visionary Tun Razak. By formulating various public policies and establishing many important institutions, Abdul Kadir was, undoubtedly, an agent of change and transformation which was urgently needed for the post-1969 Malaysia. In effect, the Abdul Razak-Abdul Kadir team could be regarded as a catalyst for many bold and visionary ideas that shaped the nation even before and after Merdeka. The Razak-Abdul Kadir symbiotic relationship had brought about tremendous achievements in many aspects of the Malaysian political and socioeconomic development, particularly in the first decade of the NEP. They set much of the framework of the modern nation we have today and give meaning to the constitution in terms of reducing inequalities and promoting equitable growth. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Concluding Remarks</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The sudden and untimely demise of Tun Razak in 1976, followed by that of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin, two years later (November 1978) had sadly robbed the nation of its two most illustrious sons, known for their true spirit of patriotism, deep commitment, and dedication to public service. Throughout the years of working together, Tun Razak and Abdul Kadir had inspired and motivated one another in ensuring that the socioeconomic needs of the people were fulfilled. The two patriots introduced many groundbreaking and transformative public policies and programmes for the people. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Despite his high intellect, wealth of experience, position as senior ranking public bureaucrat, and his very close rapport with the Prime Minister who was known to respect his ideas and decisions, Abdul Kadir remained true to himself and continued to serve as an exemplary officer and a gentleman with utmost sincerity and humility. If only the nation had a few more years of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin to continue to work for and lead the public administration of the country well into the 1980s and beyond.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As poignantly encapsulated by Usman Awang</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Petaling Jaya, October 1991):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meskipun tegas dalam menjalankan tugas negara</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hatinya mulia dan sifatnya terlalu terbuka</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sebagaimana rapatnya dengan kehidupan rakyat</div><div style="text-align: center;">Begitulah akrabnya dengan pucuk kepimpinan negara</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sehingga segala sesuatu terlaksana lancar</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tersempurnalah tugas yang selalu mencabar.</div><div><br /></div></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">ABBREVIATIONS</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">DAU<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Development Administration Unit<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">FELDA<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Federal Land Development Authority<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">FEO<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Federal Establishment Office<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">INTAN<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Institut Tadbiran Awam<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">MAS<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Malay Administrative Service<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">NEB<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>National Electricity Board<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">NEP<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>New Economic Policy<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">NOC<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>National Operations Council<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">PETRONAS<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Petroliam Nasional Berhad<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">PSD<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span> </span><span> </span></span>Public Services Department<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">UKM<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia<br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;">UPM<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Universiti Pertanian Malaysia</span></span></h4><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><span><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-87249048910281484782021-09-18T01:15:00.000-07:002021-09-18T01:15:55.872-07:00The beginnings of Malaysia LNG<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd was incorporated in June 14, 1978. It was a joint-venture between Petronas, Shell Gas B.V. of the Netherlands and Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan. Petronas held 65 per cent of the company's equity while Shell Gas and Mitsubishi Corporation shared the remainder on an equal basis.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin was the chairman and chief executive of the company the new company, Mr. M.B. Hashim, Petronas director of marketing, was appointed the managing director.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other board members were Mr. Jan de Ruiter, chairman of Shell Group in Malaysia, Mr. Rastam Hadi, managing director of Petronas and Mr. K. Hama, managing director of Mitsubishi Corporation.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4okj9TujuU5eoN-CGdtb9BgIfPWRlxCwBxEK3WFlvzdXTrEodq4OQpOwX5h2ChjS2Sexrgy5HTNY9UU9jfZYSoh5A8F3xKFT8lYPs-_eD-YbC4C8TfNhEuqThxIM_gghkf8LKmvsSo5g/s996/AKS+LNG+BizTimes+1978.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="996" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4okj9TujuU5eoN-CGdtb9BgIfPWRlxCwBxEK3WFlvzdXTrEodq4OQpOwX5h2ChjS2Sexrgy5HTNY9UU9jfZYSoh5A8F3xKFT8lYPs-_eD-YbC4C8TfNhEuqThxIM_gghkf8LKmvsSo5g/w615-h513/AKS+LNG+BizTimes+1978.png" width="615" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The company's first order of business was to build the first Malaysian LNG Plant of three trains with a capacity of 2.7 million ton per annum (Mtpa) each. Its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) was delivered in January 1983 (the first cargo dispatched on 29 January 1983). This first venture is now known as MLNG Satu.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today Malaysia LNG remains a subsidiary of the Malaysian national oil and gas company Petronas, which is a majority shareholder in all three LNG Ventures (MLNG Satu, MLNG Dua and MLNG Tiga). Besides Petronas, Royal Dutch Shell, Mitsubishi, JX Nippon Oil and the Sarawak Government hold a minority stake.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> To date, PETRONAS has delivered over 11,500 LNG cargoes safely across the world from our portfolio of global LNG assets. The bedrock of our operations, the PETRONAS LNG Complex in Bintulu, Sarawak, is one of the world’s largest LNG facilities in a single location. We are also the world’s first owner and operator of two floating LNG facilities, PFLNG Satu and PFLNG Dua that enables us to unlock marginal and stranded gas fields.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-91569438101405372992021-09-17T09:14:00.003-07:002021-09-17T09:14:59.951-07:00News item from New Straits Times, 15 September 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qjpRn1wUbfsvlnv6xuzsNNOeXZD1BYdmS7YzwT79Vzp6sbsbbWA-mWUWXxxZQnuKS42AB90-3qgsIyqLovry26P2iABogjCpycQYoLtrjnfppBno8MDLEXAVz-JtaCloMwZvSrcmRRA/s2048/NST+15Sept21+excerpt+TSAKS.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2048" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qjpRn1wUbfsvlnv6xuzsNNOeXZD1BYdmS7YzwT79Vzp6sbsbbWA-mWUWXxxZQnuKS42AB90-3qgsIyqLovry26P2iABogjCpycQYoLtrjnfppBno8MDLEXAVz-JtaCloMwZvSrcmRRA/w554-h346/NST+15Sept21+excerpt+TSAKS.png" width="554" /></a></div><br /><p></p>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-57088951930186849692021-09-17T09:05:00.008-07:002021-09-17T20:17:07.504-07:00Webinar "Peranan Perkhidmatan Awam dalam Pembinaan Negara", 14 September 2021<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rakaman video webinar boleh ditonton melalui pautan berikut:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHzxoOBxsc&t=4613s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHzxoOBxsc&t=4613s</a></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUBHlEL-sqM-lzCaVGaxrmUvax9O6WiW72ieT9RLmf51hZbdbPjKxS4xtce4QYnP5zMgUkY-k_sLjGYACKs5P8SorWZlGh-pTMtKNFZRW3U8mVatbv9fZfAmGdeufClwgfDz9psirYB0/s1080/PPTD+Webinar+14Sept21+poster.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="1080" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUBHlEL-sqM-lzCaVGaxrmUvax9O6WiW72ieT9RLmf51hZbdbPjKxS4xtce4QYnP5zMgUkY-k_sLjGYACKs5P8SorWZlGh-pTMtKNFZRW3U8mVatbv9fZfAmGdeufClwgfDz9psirYB0/w549-h310/PPTD+Webinar+14Sept21+poster.jpeg" width="549" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-85026936138496728522021-09-13T04:17:00.002-07:002021-09-13T04:29:47.625-07:00Facebook Page "Tan Sri Abdul Kadir bin Shamsuddin: In Memoriam"<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The Facebook Page may be accessed with the following link:</span></p><div data-en-clipboard="true" data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Tan-Sri-Abdul-Kadir-bin-Shamsuddin-In-Memoriam-100162405755267"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.facebook.com/Tan-Sri-Abdul-Kadir-bin-Shamsuddin-In-Memoriam-100162405755267</span></a></div><p><br /></p>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-31616368977862485422020-11-13T21:13:00.007-08:002020-11-13T21:28:26.327-08:00The Power of Deeds: Book Review by Ku Boon Dar<p>For the book review, please go to the following link:</p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Kajian Malaysia, Journal of Malaysian Studies, Volume 38, No. 2, 2020, 193–200.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://doi.org/10.21315/km2020.38.2.9">https://doi.org/10.21315/km2020.38.2.9</a></span></p>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-80175686290839219572020-04-26T19:11:00.004-07:002020-06-12T07:41:57.416-07:00A Message from Tan Sri Datuk Amar Leo Moggie Irok<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On 27 March 2019 Tan Sri Datuk Amar Leo Moggie Irok, who was then the Chairman of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), penned a "Special Message" for the book "THE POWER of DEEDS: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Among others he said: "Public respect for the Malaysian civil service owes much to the legacy of integrity and professionalism of those who served in the civil service in the past."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He added that Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin's "many achievements and personal role in the country's history deserved to be shared and recorded. It also represents the many in the civil service, whose names and faces may not be generally known, but whose collective roles and contributions have made this country what it is today."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"At Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Tan Sri Abdul Kadir occupies a special place in its history. He served as chairman of Lembaga Letrik Negara (LLN) from 19 March 1973 to 18 March 1977."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tan Sri Leo Moggie highlighted LLN (now known as TNB) had played an important role as a catalyst in national development.</span><br />
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<i>Dr. Shamsul Bahar bin Abdul Kadir</i></div>
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<i>Petaling Jaya, 27 April 2020</i></div>
shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-59160786450443510012020-04-18T00:38:00.001-07:002020-04-18T00:38:20.832-07:00The man who helped change my life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mahbob Abdullah wrote an article in Focus Malaysia.<br />
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shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-1193500796426267102020-04-18T00:33:00.000-07:002020-04-18T00:34:11.405-07:00Book Reviews on "THE POWER of DEEDS"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Following are links to book reviews on "THE POWER of DEEDS: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin" by DATO’ PROFESSOR EMERITUS DR HASHIM YAACOB, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Malaya<br />
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<a href="https://kuseman.com/2020/03/09/the-untold-story-of-abdul-kadir-shamsuddin/">https://kuseman.com/2020/03/09/the-untold-story-of-abdul-kadir-shamsuddin/</a><br />
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<a href="https://bebasnews.my/?p=31029">https://bebasnews.my/?p=31029</a><br />
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shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-27541950228959267672020-04-18T00:21:00.000-07:002020-04-26T19:26:12.545-07:00Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid's tribute to Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On 1 April 2019 Tun Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid, who was the Chief Secretary to the Government (1990 - 1996), penned a "Tribute" which was published in the book "THE POWER of DEEDS: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Among others he said "I found that he had great powers of memory and comprehension, together with a formidable legal learning and administrative experience. He was bold and innovative."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He further added "I can say of him that it is given to a few to be a legend in their own lifetime. As this biography will testify, his strength lay ini his administrative genius, his laudable mission to bring changes to the public service and a doughty defender of the country's interests."</span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: start;">(Source: THE POWER of DEEDS: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin; Khadijah Md Khalid, Shakila Yacob, Sharifah Mariam Alhabshi; MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd, 2020.)</i><br />
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<i>Dr. Shamsul Bahar bin Abdul Kadir</i><br />
<i>Petaling Jaya, 18 April 2020</i></div>
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shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-10514483739248858272020-02-24T23:33:00.000-08:002020-04-26T19:25:54.618-07:00Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin<div style="text-align: left;">
On 3rd April 2019, the Rt. Hon. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia penned a <i>Forward</i> for the book "THE POWER of DEEDS: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin."</div>
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Excerpts of the <i>Forward</i> are as follow:<br />
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"A dedicated civil servant until the end, Abdul Kadir was indeed one of Malaysia's illustrious sons. Taking over the administrative machinery of the government from the British required skill and strength of character."</blockquote>
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"Like others of his generation, Abdul Kadir set such a high standard in the civil service. He held strictly to the role of conduct of the service, that it must be loyal to the government of the day without being bound by its politics."</blockquote>
Tun Mahathir further said:<br />
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"True to his vocation, Abdul Kadir remained in the shadows of Tun Razak. He was the dedicated administrator complementing the Prime Minister with integrity, honesty and passion for the nation and the <i>rakyat</i>."</blockquote>
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<i>(Source: THE POWER of DEEDS: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin; Khadijah Md Khalid, Shakila Yacob, Sharifah Mariam Alhabshi; MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd, 2020.)</i><br />
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<i>Dr. Shamsul Bahar bin Abdul Kadir</i></div>
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<i>Petaling Jaya, 24 February 2020</i></div>
shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-39462474385023751532020-02-16T09:13:00.002-08:002020-02-16T09:13:28.878-08:00Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin in early 1978<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-80527026047486876282020-01-25T03:01:00.000-08:002020-02-10T10:58:21.789-08:00THE POWER of DEEDS: The Untold Story of Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A new publication is out:<br />
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shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-73012696611900971872020-01-24T07:29:00.003-08:002020-01-24T07:29:49.694-08:00The Malay Forum - members<div style="text-align: center;">
Members of The Malay Forum - a 1961 photograph</div>
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<br />shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-86833704194540974422020-01-10T21:11:00.002-08:002020-01-10T21:12:27.359-08:00Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin & St. John Ambulance of Malaysia<i>Extract from: https://sjam.org.my/new-era-of-st-john-ambulance-of-malaysia-1972-1989/</i><br />
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The merger of SJAA and SJAB was first suggested in 1963 by the St. John Ambulance Headquarters in London. The suggestion was subsequently discussed at the 1970 National Conference. In 1971, the Minister of Health YB Tan Sri (later Tun) Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir, who was also the St. John Council Chairman, suggested that with the merger, activities of the Association and the Brigade in West Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak be streamlined.</div>
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In 1972, SJAA and SJAB in Malaysia were amalgamated into one corporation known as the St. John Ambulance of Malaysia (SJAM). The 1972 St John Ambulance of Malaysia (Incorporation) Act (Act No. 74) passed by the Malaysian Parliament was given Royal Assent on 23 March and gazetted on 30 March 1972. It came into force on 31 August 1972. The 1973 St John Ambulance Rules were gazetted and came into force with effect from 1 August 1973. Under the Rules, the Prime Minister of Malaysia and the Minister of Health shall hold the position of SJAM National President and Deputy National President respectively. The Rules also provide for the establishment of a National St. John Council and an Executive Committee at the National, State/Regional and Area levels. The first National Council Meeting after the amalgamation was called on 2 June 1974. With the amalgamation, the National St. John Council was formed according to 1972 Act and 1973 Rules. YB Tan Sri Abdul Kadir was appointed the first SJAM Commander-in-Chief.</div>
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The National Headquarters introduced the first version of SJAM Dress Regulations in 1975. Meanwhile, the National Lay-Lecturers Course was held at Port Dickson in August 1977. Tan Sri Abdul Kadir, National St. John Council Chairman and SJAM Commander-in-Chief passed away on 8 November 1978 and he was succeeded by YB Dato’ Dr. P. T. Arasu.</div>
shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-338826979520840012020-01-10T03:48:00.003-08:002020-01-10T05:42:22.721-08:00The Malay ForumLagi mengenai <i>Malay Forum</i>, petikan dari: <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/ms/Abdul_Jamil_Abdul_Rais">https://www.wikiwand.com/ms/Abdul_Jamil_Abdul_Rais</a><br />
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<br />shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-58488314953406603852020-01-10T03:43:00.000-08:002020-01-10T05:42:33.745-08:00The Beginnings of Malaysia LNGFrom the news ....<br />
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<br />shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-7661065722352429762016-09-16T23:25:00.000-07:002016-09-17T00:00:30.696-07:00PETRONAS SIGNED ITS FIRST PSC<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin lead PETRONAS' team toward successful negotiations in Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) with major oil players in Malaysia. The first PSC was signed with Shell in 1976, two years after PETRONAS' formation in 1974.</span></div>
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traditional concessions approach to PSCs, including Abu Dhabi,
Egypt and perhaps most importantly, neighbouring Indonesia.
In the formative years of PETRONAS, there was close
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oil company, Pertamina and it offered technical assistance
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a young organisation, PETRONAS had to face tough negotiations with the major multinational oil companies, the major ones being ExxonMobil and Shell at that time. Negotiations almost broke down until the Government of Malaysia intervened. In the final analysis Malaysia and PETRONAS achieved what they have aimed for in getting the country gain <i>ownership</i> of the Oil and Gas industry in Malaysia.</span></div>
shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-78856730332644044422016-01-31T05:12:00.000-08:002020-02-08T10:02:25.332-08:00SEORANG PENDUKUNG PENTING DASAR EKONOMI BARU NEGARA<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin telahpun kembali ke alam baqa’ petang Rabu lalu setelah menghabiskan lebih separuh dari usianya kepada kerajaan dan negara.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sumbangan bakti yang pernah diberikannya kepada negara ketika usianya tidak saja meliputi perkhidmatan kerajaan malah dalam badan-badan sukarela juga pertubuhan-pertubuhan masyarakat.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sebagai Ketua Setiausaha Negara ketika kerajaan melancarkan Dasar Ekonomi Baru negara sesudah meletusnya peristiwa berdarah 13 Mei 1969, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir memainkan peranan penting daam mempastikan dasar itu bergerak lancar dan memuaskan.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ketika itu konsep Perkhidmatan Awam mula menghadapi perubahan besar di mana setiap kakitangan dan para pentadbir kerajaan di semua peringkat dikehendaki memberi keutamaan kepada pembangunan dan kepentingan rakyat dari kepentingan diri sendiri.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dan kerana itulah Allahyarham cepat bertindak memperbesarkan lagi Institut Tadbiran Negara di Petaling Jaya supaya ianya benar-benar dapat mengeluarkan tenaga pentadbir yang berkebolehan.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ketika mula menduduki kerusi Ketua Setiausaha Negara bulan Disember 1969, Tan Sri Kadir Shamsuddin awal-awal lagi mengingatkan kakitangan kerajaan supaya mengurangkan “red-tape” dalam urusan harian mereka.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Apa yang penting padanya bahawa setiap kakitangan kerajaan mestilah bekerja bertungkus-lumus melaksanakan setiap projek secepat mungkin.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Amaran demi amaran pernah diberikannya kepada kakitangan kerajaan supaya membuang sikap angkuh, berdamping rapat dengan rakyat dan ahli-ahli politik di samping amaran untuk bertindak ke atas pegawai-pegawai yang cuai dan tidak mematuhi peraturan.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tan Sri Kadir Shamsuddin merupakan tenaga utama negara yang telah pergi ke depan merundingkan soal pendamaian kedua buah negara berbangkit dari isu penubuhan Malaysia.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dalam penubuhan Malaysia pula di mana tiga buah negeri lain, Singapura, Sabah dan Sarawak telah mengambil keputusan untuk memasuki Malaysia, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin sekali lagi membuktikan kehandalannya dalam rundingan peringkat tinggi dan peringkat antarabangsa bilamana Allahyarham dipilih sama sebagai anggota perundingan kerajaan.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Allahyarham telah mengambil peranan penting dalam mengasaskan sebuah penubuhan masyarakat Minang - Persatuan Perpaduan Semangat Bersatu sepuluh tahun dulu dengan memegang jawatan Yang Dipertua persatuan itu sehingga sekarang.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Allahyarham menjadi tempat harapan anak-anak Minang terutamanya di Selangor dan tidak henti-henti memberi apa jua bantuan kepada kami bila-bila masa,” kata Setiausaha persatuan itu, Encik Rashid Idris.</span></span></div>
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shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-61843586621891122822013-01-31T06:28:00.001-08:002013-01-31T06:30:09.329-08:00Petikan Riwayat dalam Perkhidmatan AwamRiwayat ringkas Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin terdapat di Laman Web Pejabat Perdana Menteri di sini:<br />
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<a href="http://www.pmo.gov.my/ksn/dokumenattached/rencana/KSN-4.pdf">http://www.pmo.gov.my/ksn/dokumenattached/rencana/KSN-4.pdf</a>shabakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16320783971312763772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7283310330575812633.post-19104347871159872832013-01-07T07:09:00.002-08:002013-01-07T07:13:24.605-08:00Malaysian Men & Women of the Razak Generation<br />
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Women of the Razak Generation, by Din Merican: The Malaysian DJ Blogger</b> (<a href="http://dinmerican.wordpress.com/">http://dinmerican.wordpress.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Men and women of the Tun Razak
generation, be they in the Judiciary, Civil Service, the Police, the Military,
the professional services and the universities were a special breed of
Malaysians. They were apolitical, independent, very professional and extremely
competent. They had integrity and the courage to speak up to their political
masters whenever it was appropriate to do so.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The government then functioned so
effectively that it did not matter whether the politicians were around or not.
Because who they were, they were respected by their counterparts in the region
for their proficiency in the use of English language,and their skills in the
drafting of joint communiques and treaties.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the Civil Service of the Tun
Razak, we had (Tun) Ghazalie Shafie, (Tan Sri) Kadir Shamsuddin, (Tun) Raja
Mohar, (Tun) Abdullah Salleh, (Tan Sri) Jamil Rais, Mayor Yaccob Latiff, (Tan Sri) Shariff, (Tan Sri) Hashim Aman,to name but a few. In
the Police we had (Tun) Salleh, (Tan Sri) Rahman Hashim, and the rising star
(Tun) Hanif Omar; in the military we had (Tun) General Ibrahim Ismail, and his
team of outstanding Generals and hot shot colonels and in the legal services we
had (Tun) Suffian Hashim, (Tun) Raja Azlan Shah and a team of judges including
(Tun) Salleh Abas, and at Bank Negara we had (Tun) Ismail Mohamed Ali and his
battle hardened team of economists and central bank officers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was golden age of the public
service and to his great credit, Tun Razak, himself an outstanding, hard
working and dedicated leader, could manage and empower these outstanding
personalities<o:p></o:p></div>
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