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The Brochure of FDCIssue Date: 14 January 1977
Country: Malaysia
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- Education
- Development
- Rukunegara (National Philosophy)
- ASEAN
Tun Abdul Razak had given his life for Malaysia for until the last moments of his life at the London Clinic he had nothing but the thought of the well-being and the future of his people in his mind. His passing was a great loss and sorrow to the nation and in such time of national tragedy, Malaysians were touched to see that messages of condolence and expressions of shock and grief had poured in from all over the world and many heads of states or their representatives had come to Kuala Lumpur to share with thousands of aggrieved Malaysians in sending their beloved leader to his final place of repose at the National Heroes' Mousoleum in the complex of the National Mosque.
Tun Abdul Razak had left a legacy of his tireless work and wisdom that is dearly enshrined in the hearts of his people and the history of modern Malaysia. His records of achievements were unsurpassed and unequaled. Few in the world could claim merit as a beloved leader who brought out a multi-racial country like Malaysia from a colonial dependence into a progressive, stable, prosperous and united nation respected by his liberal approach in politics, his sincere desire to promote regional peace and co-operation and his untiring efforts to promote Islamic solidarity and economic upliftment.
To Malaysians, the late Tun Abdul Razak had bequeathed a heritage of political, economic and social philosophy that have become the guiding principles of the national life of the country.
He had left his mark on all aspects of the national legislature-the Constitution of Independent Malaya in 1957, the Constitution of Malaysia in 1963, education, defense, rural development, finance, foreign affairs and other areas.
In education, Tun Razak as the first Minister of education had pioneered the national education policy aimed at forging unity aming the multi-racial and multi-religious people of Malaysia through a single education system. The progress in education has been tremendous with five universities including National University where the national language, the Bahasa Malaysia is used, as the medium of instruction, to cater for the needs of the country's rapid economic and social progress. Thousands of modern primary and secondary schools have dotted the towns and countrysides to cater for the increasing number of Malaysian children.
He had pioneered rural development since 1950's which had brought economic and social changes to the majority of the rural folk from the sad neglect of the colonial administrations. New roads were construced in rural areas, bridges spanned big and small rivers, new mosques, community halls, electricity and other modern amenities have come even to the remote villages. New lands have been opened up for the landless and poor farmers and through such Government agencies as Felda and Felcra, thousands of acres of new lands have been turned into viable agricultural estates for thousands of new settlers. A completely new rural schemes now being undertaken such as the Jengka Triangle, Pahang Tenggara, Johore Tenggara and Trengganu Tengah are the results of Tun Razak 's desire to bring a new lease of life to the rural people.
During Tun Razak's leadership of the government, the nation for the first time had a national philosophy-the Rukunegara-comprising the five basic principles of moral and spiritual codes to bind the various ethnic groups of Malaysians into a united nation. His New Economic Policy was the result of his relentless society, redress the existing imbalance and eradicate poverty irrespective of race.
In foreign relations, he sought friendship with all nations who wished to be friendly with Malaysia irrespective of their social system or ideology. Malaysia was accepted into the Third World Nations for her active non-aligned policy and her constructive approaches to many of the problems that beset the Third World. One of his most ambitious endeavours was to work for a world where violence despite differences in ideology and social system. Towards this end he was a pioneer in establishing the Association of Southeast Asian Countries and until his last days he had worked hard to make SEAN region a zone peace, freedom and neutrality.
At home he brought peace and political stability. He was ill at ease when ha had to take over the administration as the Director of the National Operations Council with almost absolute power at his disposal to restore law and order following the outbreak of communal violence on May 13, 1969. He did not abuse his powers. Instead, during the tow years of his leadership under Emergency, he thought of ways and means to bind the multiracial nation together so as to prevent the recurrence of such as incident. Out of his Emergency emerged the National Frontconcept, the ruling Alliance party inviting opposition parties to come into coalition government at state and federal levels, thus reducing party politicking to a minimum. Parliament was reconvened and Tun Razak voluntarily relinquished his absolute Emergency powers to guide the nation to the path of parliamentary democracy which he had restored.
For the first time the country was given a philosophy of life of its own, the Rukunegara- the five principles namely Belief in God, Loyalty to King and Country, Upholding the Constitution, Rule of Law and God, Behavious and Morality-upon which the nation was committed for guidance and action.
Under his wise guidance the country quickly returned to normalcy, confidence strengthened and he was engaged in preparing Malaysia's Third Development Plan of massive infusion of money, energy, labour and skill for the country's greater progress into another era of greater progress and prosperity. However, he did not, unfortunately, live to see its implementation when he was called by God Almighty.
Tun Abdul Razak was born a country boy in Pulau Keladi near Pekan, Pahang. On March 11, 1922. Though by heritage, he was of a ruling family of one of the phang's tribal chieftains, he grew up with his grandfather in Kampong Jambu Langgar, about six miles from the royal town of Pekan. His childhood days were spent with other kampong children and like them, he had to walk to school a few miles away.
He attended the Malay school in Pekan learning the Quran and religious teachings in the afternoon. While in Malay shoocl, the boy had already shown his queit attitude and a strong aptitude for learning. He took less years to pass through his secondary education at the prestigious Malay College Kuala Kangsar than other boys of his age by getting three double promotions and won many prizes every year. He was keen in his studies as well as in sports excelling in hockey and football.
He was among the few Malay administrative officers to enter Raffles Collage in Singapore but his studies were interrupted by the war. During the Japanese occupation, Tun Razak was a young Pahang Administrative Officer. He saw much of the misery and hardship suffered by the people and he joined the resistance movement secretly to help prepare for the return of the Allies. When the war ended, Tun Razak went to England to study law which he passed in just 18 months in April 1949. He was called to the English Bar in May 1950.
He returned to Pahang to become the State Sceretary but was soon involved i politics when the Malays were up in arms against the unjust imposotion of Malayan Union by the returning British which deprived the Malay rulers and the Malays of their inherent rights. Tun Razak joined UMNO at its early inception under the late Dartuk Onn bin Jaafar and later with Tunku Abdul Rahman. He was instrumental in building the party into a powerful national organization.
Tun Razak's rise in politics and power was meteoric. He became head of UMNO Youth at the age of 28. He was Deputyto Tunku Abdul Rahman. Malaysia's first Prime Minister, placed him in good stead when he assumed the premiership on Septmeber 22, 1970. He brought in new blood in his Cabinet and initiated sweeping changes in the political and economic field as well as in our foreign policy.
The qualities of leadership and wisdom of the late Tun Abdul Razak are reflected in many aspects of the nation's life that are not only respected by the multi-racial and muilti-religious people of Malaysia but are also cherished and respected by people and leaders of the neighbouring countries and the world in general.
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