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Lt. Adnan: Lihat pada perspektif lebih luas
Berikut ialah surat saya yang diterbitkan di Forum Berita Harian pada 16 September 1995:
SAYA sangat tertarik akan liputan sesi dialog anjuran Taman Bacaan (BH 12September) Ahad lalu. Walaupun saya tidak dapat menghadiri sesi tersebut, saya ingin membuat sedikit sumbangan kepada perbincangan itu.
Keperwiraan AllahyarhamLeftenan Adnan Saidi memang tidak dapat disangkal. Saya pertama kali mengenalinya dari buku rencana Bahasa Melayu, ketika di bangku sekolah rendah dekad 60-an.
Lt Adnan Saidi: Lessons of Patriotism
IN the defence of Singapore during World War II, one name keeps cropping up that has since come to personify the meaning of patriotism and dying for one's country. It is Lt Adnan Saidi of the Malay Brigade, who led his men in an heroic battle against the Japanese during World War II.
You can hear, but do you listen?
"In Washington DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Andainya..
Andai kau ingin berteman,
Janganlah kerana kebaikannya,
Kerana mungkin dengan satu keburukan,
Kau akan membencinya....
Andai kau inginkan sahabat yang satu,
Janganlah kerana ilmunya,
Kerana apabila dia buntu,
Kau mungkin akan memfitnahnya....
Andai kau inginkan seorang teman,
Janganlah kerana sifat cerianya,
Kerana andai dia tidak pandai menceriakan,
Kau mungkin akan menyalahkannya....
Andai kau ingin bersahabat,
Terimalah dia seadanya,
Sound advice from Robert Kuok
Tan Sri Robert Kuok Hock Nien (born 6 October 1923, in Johor Bahru, Johor), is an influential Malaysian Chinese businessman. According to Forbes his net worth is estimated to be around $10 billion on May 2008, making him the richest person in Southeast Asia. He is media shy and discreet; most of his businesses are privately held by him or his family. Apart from a multitude of enterprises in Malaysia , his companies have investments in many countries throughout Asia . His business interests range from sugarcane plantations (Perlis Plantations Bhd), sugar refinery, flour milling, animal feed, oil and mining to finance, hotels, properties, trading and freight and publishing.
The following are some of his personal thoughts, on the occasion of Kuok Group’s 60th Anniversary on 10 April 2009:
Anyone for a nice cup of tea?
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired.
