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The Lee Foundation was established in March 1952 with a funding of $3.5 million from business magnate Lee Kong Chian. Lee had been donating to schools like Kuo Chuan Girls' School, Nan Chiau Girls' High School, Chinese High School, Methodist Girls' School, St Margaret's School, Singapore Chinese Girls' School, Anglo Chinese School (ACS), the University of Malaya and Nanyang University.
Tan Sri Dato' Lee Kong Chian PMN SPMJ SJMK (Chinese: 李光前; pinyin: Lǐ Guāngqián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Kong-chiân; 18 October 1893 – 2 June 1967), also known by his alias Lee Geok Kun (Chinese: 李玉昆; pinyin: Lǐ Yùkūn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Gio̍k-kun), was a prominent Chinese Singaporean businessman and philanthropist based in Malaya and Singapore between the 1930s and the 1960s.
State State animal State flora Johor: Malayan tiger: Black pepper [2]: Kedah: Brahminy kite: Rice [3]: Kelantan: Southern red muntjac: Common wireweed [4]: Malacca: Mouse-deer
English: Coat of arms of the Federation of Malaya (1948-1963). The banner translates in Jawi as "Unity is strength". Malayan Union * Federation of Malaya * Federated Malay States * Emblem of Malaysia * List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Malaya
Legislation was passed in 1961 and the Universiti Malaya was established on 1 January 1962. [1] [9] [10] [2] In 2012, UM was granted autonomy by the Ministry of Higher Education. [11] The university also collaborated with the University of Wales in 2013 to establish International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW), a private university in Malaysia.
30 May – The Rubber Trade Association of the Federation of Malaya was formed. 31 May–1 June – 1952 Thomas Cup. Malaya won this edition, defeating United States. June – The Labour Party of Malaya was founded by Lee Moke Sang. 3 July – Royal Military College (Malaysia) was established. November – The Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 was enacted.
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