THE ANOTHER STORY

His side stories, the YM Profesor Diraja Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid that never been foretold of. There have been sayings that from Dr. Ungku himself that been said that on what value of worker in the eyes of Dr. Ungku himself:

“Rajin Berkerja, Rajin Bercakap” – Bagus

“Rajin Berkerja, Malas Bercakap” – Kena Buli

“Malas Berkerja, Rajin Bercakap” – Wayang Cina

“Malas Berkerja, Malas Bercakap” – Tak Guna

“Malas Berkerja, Suka Mengadu” – Lalat Hijau

“Malas Berkerja, Suka Ponteng” – Lebih Baik Berhenti

“Malas Berkerja, Suka Termenung” – Lebih Baik Mati

“Rajin Berkerja, Rajin Mengadu” – Kaki Bodek.

So, to all readers, what is your value as a worker, which do you classified yourself with the words that’s come from Profesor Diraja Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid on how he value workers in Malaysia.

HIS CAREER AND EDUCATION

His education and career, YM Profesor Diraja Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid got his first doctorate in Economy, Waseda University of Tokyo in 1954. Before that, he joined the JCS in Johor in 1951 to living up educational skills. And then he became a lecturer in Economy at University Malaya Singapura from 1951 until 1961. In 1961 to 1965, he was elected to become a professor and the dean in Economy Faculty in University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. For his outstanding educational and not career achievements were the ones of the greatest that been the one of the best of Malaysia and can make the Malaysian to be proud of to tell in the other country.

HIS PAST LIFE

His Biography, YM Profesor Diraja Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid was born in London in the 28^th of January 1922 and he was royalty in Johorians Royal Family. His father, Ungku Abdul Hamid bin Ungku Abdul Majid was a lieutenant in JVC (Timbalan Setia Negeri Johor) army, the who one swear oath to protect to royal blood of Johor. His mother was Hamidah binti Abdullah. Abdul Aziz is a cousin of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas and Syed Hussein Alatas as well as Sultan Ibrahim of Johor on his father's side. His father was of Malay and Turkish descendants, while his mother was English who convert into islam. YM Profesor Diraja Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid married to Azah Aziz and was granted a child, a daughter to be exact named Y.M. Tan Sri Dato' Ungku Dr. Zeti Akhtar, the current Gabenor of Malaysian National Bank Negara. He got his early education at Sekolah Melayu Batu Pahat, and then futher his studies at Raffles College and then later transfer to the University of Malaya Singapura and got his degree in 1951.

ACHIVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

His achievements, YM Profesor Diraja Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid have committed a lot and various of contributions and not to forget to brag about his achievements towards our country, Malaysia. One of his contributions are the execution of DEB that stands for “Dasar Ekonomi Baru” with the purpose to help the Malays to upgrade their status with wealth. The bringer of a lot of ideas that mostly have made Malaysia until today. He was one of the board members of LTH which stand for “Lembaga Urusan dan Tabung Haji”. One of the creator in “Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka”, the chancellor of Universiti Malaya, the academia’s of islam and many more. His contributions and achievement can told in many ways and there are a lot to talk about. That is Profesor Diraja Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid to you. Lastly, he was the one who made history by himself in being the first one in receiving ‘Anugerah Melayu Terbilang’ which celebrate the 59^th UMNO in PWTCIN 11 Mei 2005.

THE FORGOTTEN HERO: Professor Diraja Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid

Assalamulaikum, my name is Muhammad zufar kamel bin Muhammad kamel from Decom 5e here like to talk about one of our long forgotten Malaysian education contributor, Professor Diraja Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid (born January 28, 1922, London, United Kingdom) is a Malaysian economist and educationist. He is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya from 1968 to 1988 and he was awarded the title of Professor Diraja (Regius Professor) in 1978. Before he graduated with a PhD from Waseda University in Tokyo, he studies at English College Johore Bahru in secondary school. That’s the summarize introduction about him and in the next post will be cover up the about his achievements, his contributions, his personnel story, and etc. YM Profesor Diraja Dr. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid is one of the most distinguished and respectable educationist and economist of Malaysia. He is a well-respected public figure and a prominent economist whose contribution has been monumental in setting the foundation of Malaysia’s economy post-independence.