Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj

It is the morning of commemorating the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. Yesterday 6 December marked the 19th year of the death of Malaysia's first PM Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra. I still remember in 1990 (during my busy days commuting between Kuala Pilah and Kuala Lumpur to arrange my father's car insurance claim) when the news broke out Malaysia was silent for a while. Economic activity stopped. People weep,some broke into tears while others won't believe that The Father of Independence had died.

If the Sultan of Melaka is still alive he would be elated that his mistakes of losing Melaka to the Portuguese in 1511 hence the fall of the Melaka Sultanate was paid for by another royal household i.e. Tunku who was the son of a Kedah Sultan.

Tomorrow 8 December will mark the 22nd year my grandfather died. May God bless him.

Now that Malaysia has two submarines bearing the name of Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Razak (2nd PM), Malaysia is one step further to become a developed nation. If anyone reads the biography of the late Tunku one must realize that PM Najib's One Malaysia vision was based on Tunku's ideas too. I like to read Tunku's book "Looking Back"

Al Fatehah!