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The Larut War occurred around Taiping and Matang. The first railway in the Malay states was constructed here, connecting Taiping with Kuala Sepetang , formerly Port Weld. Larut, Matang and Selama is also the place where the first modern town, museum and hill station were built in Perak as Taiping was the capital of the Federated Malay States ...
The President of Singapore is the head of state of the Republic of Singapore. Preceded by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, the office of president was created on 22 December 1965 after Singapore's independence in August 1965, with incumbent Yang di-Pertuan Negara Yusof Ishak serving as the first president.
DBP Malaysia was established as Balai Pustaka in Johor Bahru on 22 June 1956, [1] It was placed under the purview of the then Malayan Ministry of Education.. During the Kongres Bahasa dan Persuratan Melayu III (The Third Malay Literary and Language Congress) which was held between 16 and 21 September 1956 in both Singapore and Johor Bahru, Balai Pustaka was renamed Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
Under a transitional arrangement, the last governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode, served as the first Yang di-Pertuan Negara from 3 June 1959 to 3 December 1959. [3] He was succeeded by Yusof Ishak , who was sworn into office on the same day as the country's state flag , coat of arms , and national anthem were adopted.
Taiping is a federal constituency in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.. The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
National Department for Culture and Arts (Malay: Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara, JKKN) is one of the agencies under Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia and it is responsible in implementing cultural and arts activities in Malaysia.
Plan of the Town of Singapore, more commonly known as the Jackson Plan or Raffles Town Plan. The Jackson Plan or Raffles Town Plan, [1] an urban plan of 1822 titled "Plan of the Town of Singapore", is a proposed scheme for Singapore drawn up to maintain some order in the urban development of the fledgling but thriving colony founded just three years earlier.
Ming An Insurance (Hong Kong), which was owned by Ming An (Holdings), was renamed to China Taiping Insurance (HK) Company Limited in November 2009. [11] In 2013, more assets were acquired by the listed company from the parent to complete the reverse IPO, for a price of RMB10.6 billion. [10]