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6 unusual facts about University of Malaya


Hans Ras

He married Widjiati, and the newly-weds set out for Kuala Lumpur, where Ras had been appointed as lecturer at the University of Malaya even before passing his Master’s exams.

In 1961 he was lecturer at the University of Malaya, and in 1969 first representative in Jakarta of the KITLV (the Leiden-based Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde = Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology).

Lee Boon Chim

He has also received an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Malaya (1971) and the 1992 Gold Medal from the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry (IKM).

Reeshafiq Alwi

Reeshafiq began his football career with University of Malaya football team in the Malaysian Inter-varsity League.

Singapore Children's Society

It was also the pioneer voluntary welfare organisation to provide opportunities for training of social work undergraduates from the then University of Malaya.

Sparbambus

The species name refers to the type locality, the Ulu Gombak Field Studies Centre of the University of Malaya.


Ghauth Jasmon

Prof Ghauth commenced his position as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya on 10th November 2008 replacing Datuk Rafiah Salim.

Gopal Baratham

In 1954 he registered at the Medical College of the University of Malaya, Singapore, and, after studying at the Royal London Hospital in 1965, he entered the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Edinburgh in 1969.

K. Parthiban

He attended the Seri Kota Teachers' Training College in Kuala Lumpur before enrolling in the University of Malaya, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree and later a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Education Management.

Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof

Khairuddin bin Mohamed Yusof (born July 30, 1939 in Perak, Malaysia) is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya.

Peninsular Malaysia

Nonetheless, all three terms are correct, and the older term "Malaya" can still be found in many institutional titles, e.g. the High Court of Malaya, the University of Malaya, Malayan Railway, etc., as well as in legal contexts in the phrase the "States of Malaya" (Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu), which should not be confused with the Malay states.


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