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 Over these three decades Malaysia accomplished a transition from a primary product-dependent economy to one in which manufacturing industry had emerged as the leading growth sector. Rubber and tin, which accounted for 54.3 percent of Malaysian export value in 1970, declined sharply in relative terms to a mere 4.9 percent in 1990 

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1990 - Sarawak communist insurgents sign peace accord with government.
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14th century - Conversion of Malays to Islam begins.

Capital: Kuala Lumpur

Settlement established 1857 by Chinese tin miners

Kuala Lumpur translates as "muddy confluence"

Population: 1.4 million

Mahathir leaves mark on skyline
1826 - British settlements of Malacca, Penang and Singapore combine to form the Colony of Straits Settlements, from where the British extend their influence by establishing protectorates over the Malay sultanates of the peninsula.

1895 - Four Malay states combine to form the Federated Malay States.

1942-45 - Japanese occupation.

1948 - British-ruled Malayan territories unified under Federation of Malaya.

1948-60 - State of emergency to counter local communist insurgency.

1957 - Federation of Malaya becomes independent from Britain with Tunku Abdul Rahman as prime minister.

1963 - British colonies of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore join Federation of Malaya to form the Federation of Malaysia.

1965 - Singapore withdraws from Malaysia, which is reduced to 13 states; communist insurgency begins in Sarawak.
Positive discrimination for Malays
1969 - Malays stage anti-Chinese riots in the context of increasing frustration over the economic success of the ethnic Chinese.

1970 - Tun Abdul Razak becomes prime minister following Abdul Rahman's resignation; forms National Front (BN) coalition.

1971 - Government introduces minimum quotas for Malays in business, education and the civil service.

1977 - Kelantan chief minister expelled from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), triggering unrest, a national emergency and the expulsion of PAS from the BN coalition.

1978-89 - Vietnamese refugees benefit from unrestricted asylum.

1981 - Mahathir Mohamad becomes prime minister.

1989 - Local communist insurgents sign peace accord with government.
Financial crisis
1990 - Sarawak communist insurgents sign peace accord with government.

Mahathir Mohamad oversaw the country's transformation
Profile: Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir fights to protect legacy 2003 - BBC's Kylie Morris on Mahathir legacy Mahathir bows out
1993 - Sultans lose legal immunity.

1997 - Asian financial crisis spells end of decade of impressive economic growth.

1998 - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad sacks his deputy and presumed successor, Anwar Ibrahim, on charges of sexual misconduct, against the background of differences between the two men over economic policy; Ibrahim arrested.

Controversial: Anwar Ibrahim

Veteran opposition leader was once heir-apparent to Mahathir Mohamad but has spent years in prison

Deputy prime minister from 1993-1998

Fell out with Mahathir over his anti-corruption campaign

Arrested in 1998 after leading mass protests, charged with sodomy and corruption

Jailed in 1999, freed in 2004 after sodomy conviction overturned

Charged with sodomy for second time in 2008

Acquitted of sodomy by High Court in 2012

Profile: Anwar Ibrahim Anwar acquittal boosts Malaysia's opposition Economic downturn
2000 - Ibrahim is found guilty of sodomy and sentenced to nine years in prison. This is added to the six-year jail sentence he was given in 1999 after being found guilty of corruption following a controversial trial.

2001 - Dozens arrested during worst ethnic clashes in decades between Malays and ethnic Indians. Demonstrations against the Internal Security Act following the detention without trial of supporters of Anwar Ibrahim. Malaysia, Singapore resolve long-standing disputes, agree to build a new bridge and tunnel.

2002 August - Tough new laws against illegal immigrants come into effect, providing for whipping and prison terms for offenders. Laws prompt exodus of foreign workers.

2003 October - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi takes over as prime minister as Mahathir Mohamad steps down after 22 years in office.

2004 - Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi wins landslide general election victory. Former deputy PM Anwar Ibrahim freed after court overturns his sodomy conviction. Scores of Malaysians die in Asian tsunami disaster. Malaysia delays planned deportations of many thousands of illegal immigrants, most of them from Indonesia.

2005 - Malaysia, Singapore settle a bitter dispute over land reclamation work in border waters. Round-up of illegal immigrants follows a four-month amnesty which sees an exodus of hundreds of thousands of illegal workers. Those remaining risk jail, a fine or whipping.

2006 - Malaysia shelves construction of controversial bridge to Singapore. Some 60,000 displaced by flooding in the south.

2007 - Around 70,000 evacuated as second wave of floods hits south of country. Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam sign deal to protect 200,000 square kilometres of rainforest on the island of Borneo. Anwar Ibrahim's Parti Keadilan Rakyat loses a bitterly contested by-election to the government. The result is seen as a blow to his efforts to revive his political career.

2008 - Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's National Front coalition suffers its worst election result in decades, losing its two-thirds parliamentary majority and control of five state assemblies. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is arrested over allegations of sodomy, in a move that exacerbates political tensions.

2009 - Malaysia bans recruitment of foreign workers to protect its citizens from unemployment during the economic downturn. Anwar Ibrahim's second sodomy trial begins. The government unveils a $16bn economic stimulus plan as it seeks to stave off a deep recession. Badawi steps down as prime minister and is replaced by his deputy, Najib Abdul Razak.

2010 - Religious tensions increase following a court decision allowing non-Muslims to use the word Allah to refer to God. Three Malay women are flogged for extra-marital sex in the first case of this Islamic punishment being meted out to women in the country. Decision by Malacca state to allow underage marriages draws criticism from women's groups.

2011 - Police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people taking part in Kuala Lumpur rally calling for electoral reform. PM Razak announces setting-up of parliamentary committee to study electoral reform.

2012 January - High Court acquits opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of charge of sodomy.

2012 February - Some 3,000 environmental activists take part in protest against building of rare earths refinery in Pahang state.

2012 June - A Malaysian court approves the extradition of Iranian Masoud Sedaghatzadeh to Thailand over his alleged involvement in a bomb plot targeting Israeli officials in February.

2013 March - Malaysian troops attack Filipino insurgents around Lahad Datu on Borneo after local clashes leave about 30 people dead. The roughly 180 Filipinos are demanding the cessation of part of Sabah state to the defunct Sultanate of Sulu.

2013 May - Ruling National Front coalition retains power in national elections, albeit with reduced majority. Opposition supporters allege fraud.

2013 October - Appeal court rules non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to God even in their own faiths, overturning a 2009 lower court ruling.

2014 January - Government bans Comango broad civil rights coalition on grounds that most of its constituent groups are not registered and some promote "rights counter to Islam" such as homosexuality.

2014 March - Government and Malaysia Airlines face international criticism over handling of Flight MH370, which goes missing en route to China in unexplained circumstances. The plane is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, but an extensive search turns up no sign of wreckage.

2014 June - Malaysia's highest court rejects a challenge to the ban on Christians using the word "Allah" to refer to God, in a highly divisive legal case.

2014 July - Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashes in eastern Ukraine, close to the border with Russia, with the loss of all 298 people on board. The two sides in the Ukrainian conflict accuse each other of shooting the plane down. The incident and its aftermath spark international outrage and condemnation.

2014 September - Malaysia says the findings of a Dutch report into the crash of a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine suggests the plane had been shot down.

2015 February - Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is jailed for five years after failing to win an appeal against a sodomy conviction.

2015 March - Opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) seeks parliament's approval to expand hudud laws, a strict Islamic penal code which permits punishments such as flogging, stoning and public execution, in the northeastern state of Kelantan.

2015 March - Police arrest opposition politician Nurul Izzah Anwar, the eldest daughter of jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, for alleged sedition over a speech she made in parliament.

2015 April - Anwar Ibrahim is denied royal pardon to overturn sodomy conviction and loses his seat as an MP.

Lower house of parliament passes controversial anti-terrorism bill that allows suspects to be held indefinitely without trial, and toughens penalties for sedition.

2015 May - Malaysia and Indonesia agree to rescue and provide temporary shelter to Rohingya migrants fleeng Myanmar by boat, after weeks of mounting humanitarian crisis.

2015 June - The Wall Street Journal alleges that close to $700m (£490m) from the sovereign wealth fund 1MDB was deposited in Prime Minister Najib Razak's personal bank account.

2016 January - Anti-Corruption Commission announces appeal after attorney-general clears Prime Minister Najib Razak of wrongdoing in relation to the 1MDB financial scandal.

2016 July - US Department of Justice says it is seizing more than $1bn (£761m) in assets associated with funds misappropriated from the 1MDB fund.

2016 November - Thousands of anti-government protesters take to the streets of Kuala Lumpur to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak over his alleged links to a corruption scandal.

2016 December - Sultan Muhammad V is sworn in as the new king, succeeding Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.

2017 February - Kim Jong-nam, the estranged brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is killed with a nerve agent at a Malaysian airport.

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14th century - Conversion of Malays to Islam begins. Settlement established 1857 by Chinese tin miners Kuala Lumpur translates as "muddy confluence" Population: 1.4 million Mahathir leaves mark on skyline 1826 - British settlements of Malacca, Penang and Singapore combine to form the Colony of Straits Settlements, from where the British extend their influence by establishing protectorates over the Malay sultanates of the peninsula.

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Second Phase of Development: Exports and Technology

By the 1990s Malaysia had become the world's largest exporter of semiconductors, an industry that dates back to the mid-1970s when many U.S. and Japanese companies set up factories in Malaysia. At that time there was also a trend to produce more assembled products like cameras and VCRS from semiconductors in Malaysia.

Malaysia's rapid development has been attributed to the transparency of government policies, its educated and skilled workforce, well-developed infrastructure, good communications facilities and efficient bureaucracy.

High tech industries developed in Malaysia in the 1990s and 2000s included advanced electronics, scientific instruments, biotechnology, automated manufacturing systems, electra-optics and non-linear optics, advanced composite materials, optoelectronics, software engineering, alternative energy sources and aerospace.

Malaysia in the 1990s was reminiscent of South Korea in the 1980s and Japan in the 1960s and 1970s, when people are intoxicated with their new affluence and happy to leave their poverty behind them.

Over these three decades Malaysia accomplished a transition from a primary product-dependent economy to one in which manufacturing industry had emerged as the leading growth sector. Rubber and tin, which accounted for 54.3 percent of Malaysian export value in 1970, declined sharply in relative terms to a mere 4.9 percent in 1990

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-HAIRI--Malaysian Economy Under Mahathir Malaysia experienced rapid economic growth from the 1980s. After a 1985–86 property market depression, growth returned through to the mid-1990s. Mahathir increased privatisation and introduced the New Development Policy (NDP), designed to increase economic wealth for all Malaysians, rather than just Malays. The period saw a shift from an agriculture-based economy to one based on manufacturing and industry in areas such as computers and consumer electronics. It was during this period, too, that the physical landscape of Malaysia changed with the emergence of numerous mega-projects. Notable amongst these projects were the construction of the Petronas Twin Towers (at the time the tallest building in the world, and, as of 2010, still the tallest twin building), KL International Airport (KLIA), the North-South Expressway, the Sepang International Circuit, the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), the Bakun hydroelectric dam and Putrajaya, the new federal administrative capital. [Source: Wikipedia] The Malaysian economy continued to boom at historically unprecedented rates of 8-9 percent a year for much of the 1990s. There was heavy expenditure on infrastructure, for example extensive building in Kuala Lumpur such as the Twin Towers. The volume of manufactured exports, notably electronic goods and electronic components increased rapidly. Under Mahathir, Malaysia’s economy grew at a rate of over 8 percent per year until mid-1997, when a currency crisis in neighbouring Thailand caused the Asian financial crisis plunging the whole of Southeast Asia into recession. In the late 1990s, Malaysia was shaken by the Asian financial crisis, which damaged Malaysia's assembly line based economy. Mahathir combated it initially with IMF approved policies. However, the devaluation of the Ringgit and the deepening recession caused him to create his own programme, based on protecting Malaysia from foreign investors and reinvigorating the economy through construction projects and the lowering of interest rates. The policies caused Malaysia's economy to rebound by 2002, but brought disagreement between Mahathir and his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, who backed the IMF policies. This led to the sacking of the Anwar, causing political unrest. Anwar was arrested and banned from politics on what are considered trumped up charges.

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-HAIRI--Malaysian Economy Under Mahathir Malaysia experienced rapid economic growth from the 1980s. After a 1985–86 property market depression, growth returned through to the mid-1990s. Mahathir increased privatisation and introduced the New Development Policy (NDP), designed to increase economic wealth for all Malaysians, rather than just Malays. The period saw a shift from an agriculture-based economy to one based on manufacturing and industry in areas such as computers and consumer electronics. It was during this period, too, that the physical landscape of Malaysia changed with the emergence of numerous mega-projects. Notable amongst these projects were the construction of the Petronas Twin Towers (at the time the tallest building in the world, and, as of 2010, still the tallest twin building), KL International Airport (KLIA), the North-South Expressway, the Sepang International Circuit, the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), the Bakun hydroelectric dam and Putrajaya, the new federal administrative capital. [Source: Wikipedia] The Malaysian economy continued to boom at historically unprecedented rates of 8-9 percent a year for much of the 1990s. There was heavy expenditure on infrastructure, for example extensive building in Kuala Lumpur such as the Twin Towers. The volume of manufactured exports, notably electronic goods and electronic components increased rapidly. Under Mahathir, Malaysia’s economy grew at a rate of over 8 percent per year until mid-1997, when a currency crisis in neighbouring Thailand caused the Asian financial crisis plunging the whole of Southeast Asia into recession. In the late 1990s, Malaysia was shaken by the Asian financial crisis, which damaged Malaysia's assembly line based economy. Mahathir combated it initially with IMF approved policies. However, the devaluation of the Ringgit and the deepening recession caused him to create his own programme, based on protecting Malaysia from foreign investors and reinvigorating the economy through construction projects and the lowering of interest rates. The policies caused Malaysia's economy to rebound by 2002, but brought disagreement between Mahathir and his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, who backed the IMF policies. This led to the sacking of the Anwar, causing political unrest. Anwar was arrested and banned from politics on what are considered trumped up charges.

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http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Malaysia/sub5_4a/entry-3627.html

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MALAYSIAN ECONOMY IN THE 1980s, 1990s AND 2000s: MAHATHIR, THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND AFTER MAHATHIR - Rady

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MALAYSIAN ECONOMY IN THE 1980s, 1990s AND 2000s: MAHATHIR, THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS AND AFTER MAHATHIR - Rady

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http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Malaysia/sub5_4e/entry-3694.html

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20 Things Every Malaysian Who Grew Up In The 80’s Will Know - Zahra

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20 Things Every Malaysian Who Grew Up In The 80’s Will Know - Zahra

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https://my.vulcanpost.com/164146/20-things-every-malaysian-80s-will-know/

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High Growth Rates in Malaysia in the 1980s and 90s - Najihah

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High Growth Rates in Malaysia in the 1980s and 90s - Najihah

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Malaysia was one of the fast growing economies in the world until the Asian economic crisis in 1997-98. The growth rate in Malaysia averaged 8 percent between 1986 and 1996, one of the highest rates in the world. In that time Malaysia grew from near developing country status to the world's 13th largest economy. The Per capita income in Malaysia rose from US$2,255 in 1990 to US$3,908 in 1995 and was expected to reach US$6,500 a year in the year 2000 before the Asian economic crisis in 1997-98 hit.
http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Malaysia/sub5_4e/entry-3694.html

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A little insight of how people lived in the 80s - Zahra

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A little insight of how people lived in the 80s - Zahra

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http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2015/06/24/why-the-80s-was-the-best-time-for-me/

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Khadijah Hashim may be known as a novelist, journalist, scriptwriter but she has also managed to expand her skills in the arts field with her drawing for the Badai Semalam theatre. Inspired by the nature theme in mind, she managed to draw 20 paintings for an exhibition in Salasar Bayu, Istana Budaya.

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Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang joined to become the Federated Malay States, a federation of British protectorates.

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Never forget the billions lost under Mahathir - Sorfina

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Never forget the billions lost under Mahathir - Sorfina

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Malaysians must never forget that under former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir there were monetary losses amounting to tens of billions of ringgit unaccounted for, and irretrievable.

These include:

Forex scandal in early 90s : RM30 billion

The Perwaja Steel Scandal : RM10 billion

Bank Bumi scandal: RM10 billion

Maminco-Makuwasa Affair RM1.6 Billion

Mahathir used Petronas as a ‘bank’ to bail out many companies, banks etc.

Opposition politician Syed Husin Ali said, “Petronas has neither been fully transparent nor accountable with how it spends its money, especially in aiding and abetting Tun Mahathir to indulge in unproductive construction of mega projects, to bail out ailing crony companies and corporate figures, and to involve [itself]in excessive and wasteful spending on celebrations and conferences.”

Mahathir used his position to bail out his children or to give them special benefits.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2015/03/14/never-forget-the-billions-lost-under-mahathir/

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28 February – 17 people including 11 Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) riot police personal were killed in a collision between FRU riot police vehicles, tankers lorry, a passenger bus and 10 cars at kilometre 31 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway not far from Genting Sempah Tunnel in Gombak, Selangor.

3 August – Proton Saga with Megavalve engine is launched.

1 November – South Africa's anti-apartheid leader, Nelson Mandela made his four-day visit to Malaysia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_in_Malaysia

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By the 1990s Malaysia had become the world's largest exporter of semiconductors, an industry that dates back to the mid-1970s when many U.S. and Japanese companies set up factories in Malaysia. At that time there was also a trend to produce more assembled products like cameras and VCRS from semiconductors in Malaysia

http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Malaysia/sub5_4e/entry-3694.html

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Among Khadijah’s accolades and credits over the years were being awarded the S.E.A Write Award in 1999, her poetry book Sayang Anakku Sayang was nominated at the International Board on Books for Young People in Basel, Switzerland, and her book called Semerbak Puisi, a compilation of children's poems, was nominated in 2006 in Macau.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/community/2008/06/13/writer-compiles-poems-and-artworks-in-new-book/#ezC5YxMRZyoOCxHI.99

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1980’s and 1990’s. It is when science and technology was just started to influence the life of Malaysian society towards progression.
http://tesl-ianreen.blogspot.my/2010/10/setting-for-short-story-quid-of-sirih.html

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http://tesl-ianreen.blogspot.my/2010/10/setting-for-short-story-quid-of-sirih.html

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“Jangan makan dek puji, mati dek keji”
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/625883.Khadijah_Hashim

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Malaysia in the late 80s and early 90s - zulaikha

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Malaysia in the late 80s and early 90s - zulaikha

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MALAYSIAN ECONOMY UNDER MAHATHIR

Under Mahathir, Malaysia’s economy grew at a rate of over 8 percent per year until mid-1997, when a currency crisis in neighbouring Thailand caused the Asian financial crisis plunging the whole of Southeast Asia into recession.

Malaysia experienced rapid economic growth from the 1980s. After a 1985–86 property market depression, growth returned through to the mid-1990s. Mahathir increased privatisation and introduced the New Development Policy (NDP), designed to increase economic wealth for all Malaysians, rather than just Malays. The period saw a shift from an agriculture-based economy to one based on manufacturing and industry in areas such as computers and consumer electronics. It was during this period, too, that the physical landscape of Malaysia changed with the emergence of numerous mega-projects. Notable amongst these projects were the construction of the Petronas Twin Towers (at the time the tallest building in the world, and, as of 2010, still the tallest twin building), KL International Airport (KLIA), the North-South Expressway, the Sepang International Circuit, the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), the Bakun hydroelectric dam and Putrajaya, the new federal administrative capital. [Source: Wikipedia]

In the late 1990s, Malaysia was shaken by the Asian financial crisis, which damaged Malaysia's assembly line based economy. Mahathir combated it initially with IMF approved policies. However, the devaluation of the Ringgit and the deepening recession caused him to create his own programme, based on protecting Malaysia from foreign investors and reinvigorating the economy through construction projects and the lowering of interest rates. The policies caused Malaysia's economy to rebound by 2002, but brought disagreement between Mahathir and his deputy, Anwar Ibrahim, who backed the IMF policies. This led to the sacking of the Anwar, causing political unrest. Anwar was arrested and banned from politics on what are considered trumped up charges.

http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Malaysia/sub5_4e/entry-3694.html

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A biography on Khadijah Hashim (NOT from WIKI) - Mr. Adlan

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A biography on Khadijah Hashim (NOT from WIKI) - Mr. Adlan

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A good bio and and collection of her poetry!

Source:

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Where science and technology was about to be introduced to the people

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According to wikipedia, her children's rhyme book "Sayang Sayang" has been selected to be on Honour List of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) in Basel, Switzerland (2002) and "Semerbak Poetry" in Macau, China (2006)

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https://ms-my.facebook.com/jahhashim

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Several of Khadijah’s short stories and novels have been adapted to TV dramas. Amongst them were "Mawar Merah di Jambangan", "Sekapur Sirih Segeluk Air", "Ditepi Pagar”, and “Badai Semalam” and “Dekat Disayang Jauh Dikenang” novels. “Laila Azwa Gadisku” novel was adapted to television film. Meanwhile, “Mira Edora" and "Pelangi Pagi” novels have been made into movie films with the title of "Mira Edora" and "Bicara Hati" respectively.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/625883.Khadijah_Hashim

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An article from 1987...
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/from-the-straits-times-archives-past-mass-hysteria-cases-in-singapore
Scroll down to the exact article.

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Was growing up in Johor. Once a teacher before she works as a journalists @ Kumpulan Akhbar Utusan Melayu.

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she has worked as a teacher and also as a journalist with local newspapers Utusan Melayu (1974–1976) and Berita Harian (1976–1985). She is more well known as a novelist, and has produced 19 novels. She also expanded her creativity in the field of short stories, radio drama scripts, children's books, rhymes and poetry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadijah_Hashim

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The author was born in Batu Pahat, Johor on 20th April 1942

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadijah_Hashim

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According to Wikipedia, several of her novels and short stories have been adapted into TV dramas. - Iman

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photo from Utusan.

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http://tesl-ianreen.blogspot.my/2010/10/setting-for-short-story-quid-of-sirih.html
The time setting of the short story is between 1980’s and 1990’s. It is when science and technology was just started to influence the life of Malaysian society towards progression. The Malay village was pictured to be unavailable of the modernism because of the remoteness but the people were aware of the importance of it. In line , “Timah! Nuar! That’s enough. Stop playing now. Go and read your books!” shows that the villagers know the importance of education in which contribute to the progress of science and technology to help improve their life.

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Original title of it is 'Sekapur Sirih Segeluk Air'

Mr. Adlan: Why do you think the title is like that?

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source : Wikipedia

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Do a New Historicism research on A Quid of Sireh A Bowl of Water