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6 unusual facts about tun


Good Ikuze!

The feat of taking top spots in DVD, single, and album sales at the same time had previously only been accomplished by Ayumi Hamasaki and KAT-TUN.

Gun barrel

Moreover the big Tun English barrel is, as stated in Ton, the French old and contemporary tonne barrel.

Hey! Say! JUMP

During a KAT-TUN spring concert on April 3, 2007, Johnny's Juniors Yuya Takaki, Daiki Arioka, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuto Nakajima and Yuri Chinen were named to be part of a new group called Hey!

OpenVPN

OpenVPN offers two types of interfaces for networking via the Universal TUN/TAP driver.

Paul Oxley

As well as writing hits for several Finnish artists over the last few years, he has recently had cuts with international platinum selling artists including a No1/platinum single in Japan with Kat Tun.

VTun

It exists as the reference implementation of the Tun/Tap user-space tunnel driver which was included in the Linux kernel as of version 2.4, also originally developed by Maxim Krasnyansky.


1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis

The Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, was pressured by his fellow judges to respond to the government's actions.

The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis (also known as the 1988 judicial crisis) was a series of events that began with United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party elections in 1987 and ended with the suspension and the eventual removal of the Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, from his seat.

Abang Muhammad Salahuddin

Salahuddin was bestowed the nation's highest award — the Seri Maharaja Mangku Negara which carries the title Tun, by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on June 7, 1978.

Akihito Tokunaga

He also composed and/or arranged for the following musicians, such as MANISH, FIELD OF VIEW, TUBE, Keiko Utoku, KAT-TUN, Miho Komatsu, Uka Saegusa, T-BOLAN, DEEN, MISIA, Shinichi Mori, TWINZER, Kaori Nanao, Barbier, Fayray, Aika Ohno, and many other musicians.

Anti-Fascist Organisation

Soe had already gone underground to organise resistance against the Japanese Occupation, and Than Tun as Minister of Land and Agriculture was able to pass on Japanese intelligence to Soe, while other Communist leaders Thakin Thein Pe and Thakin Tin Shwe made contact with the exiled colonial government in Simla, India.

Autumn Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China

The continuous communist offensives in the regions to the east and west of Kaiyuan had forced the Newly Organized 1st Army to divert from its original objective to reinforce Kaiyuan instead, and the Newly Organized 6th Army had to return to Tieling, while the nationalist main forces of Gongzhuling and Village of the Fan Family (Fanjia Tun, 范家屯) were ordered to Siping (city) to strengthen the defense of the city.

Barton Court Grammar School

The school stands on what was the farm of St Augustine's Abbey across the road; 'Barton' stems from 'bere tun' or 'barley enclosure'.

Bukit Mertajam

BM High School is the alma mater of figures like the fifth Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and former Deputy Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim.

Coney Weston

Coney Weston has a different meaning to other towns with the name Weston: it is not a true Weston (where the origin is from Old English west-tun "western farm, village or estate") but is a hybrid name, from Old Norse konungr "king" (cognate with Old English cyning "king") and Old English tun "farm".

Death of Noramfaizul Mohd Nor

Malacca Governor Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, during his 73rd birthday investiture ceremony, conferred on Normafaizul the posthumous Gallantry Star of Malacca (BGP).

Emergency Committee for Iraq

The Emergency Committee for Iraq was formed by Ramsey Clark, Roland Dumas, Ahmed Ben Bella and Tun Mahathir Mohammad all former senior politicians, to strive to encourage respect for the rule of law in Iraq.

Endon Mahmood

She was posthumously conferred the Seri Setia Mahkota Malaysia (SSM) which carries the title 'Tun' on 6 June 2009 in conjunction with the birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.

Governance and law of Penang

Interestingly, one of the more vocal proponents is Khairy Jamaludin, the son-in-law of former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Great Doddington

The name Dodda's Tun probably refers to an Anglo-Saxon leader 'Dodda' establishing a stronghold in the strategic position overlooking the Nene Valley.

Japanese occupation of Burma

Soe had already gone underground to organise resistance against the Japanese occupation, and Than Tun was able to pass on Japanese intelligence to Soe, while other Communist leaders Thakins Thein Pe and Tin Shwe made contact with the exiled colonial government in Simla, India.

Kijang Emas

It was launched by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on 17 July 2001.

Lembah Pantai

Tun Salleh Abbas, the former Lord President of the Federal Court had contested for the constituency seat in the 1995 Malaysian general election under the Semangat 46 ticket, and lost.

Lord President of the Supreme Court

In 1988, Lord President Tun Salleh Abas was brought before a tribunal convened by the Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad on the grounds of misconduct.

Maha Bodhi Ta Htaung Sayadaw

Narada was born Toe Kywe at 4 am on the 31st January 1931 (the 14th Waxing of Tabodwe 1292 ME) to parents U Tun Myat and Daw Saw Myaing in Ywa-kyat village (now Shwedwingon village) in Ayadaw Township (previously Tabayin Township), Sagaing Region.

Mahmud Shah of Malacca

After the death of Tun Perak in 1498, he was succeeded by a new Prime Minister Tun Mutahir.

Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Tun Ghafar Baba

Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Tun Ghafar Baba, or commonly known as MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba (formerly known as MRSM Jasin) is a co-educational boarding school in the district of Jasin in the State of Melaka, Malaysia.

Mas Flow 2

It also featured some artists from outside the reggaeton genre, such as Frankie J, Cultura Profetica, Tony Tun-Tun, Spliff Star, among others.

Pheung Kya-shin

He is known to have close ties to Asia World's Lo Hsing Han, a former opium kingpin, and his son Steven Law (Tun Myint Naing), and is believed to have investments in Singapore through them.

Raja Mudaliar

He was portrayed as a treacherous person who was responsible for concocting false accusation to sow distrust between Sultan Mahmud Shah and his Bendahara Tun Mutahir, resulting in the execution of Tun Mutahir and his whole family.

Sai Lor Fah

Tun and Tao are friends who enjoy spending time together in karaoke bars in Pattaya.

Sarawak Malaysian People's Association

The party itself was formed in 1987, during the infamous "Ming Court Affair", by a faction dissatisfied with the Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud, led by none other than his uncle, Former Governor and Chief Minister, Tun Abdul Rahman Ya'kub.

Scott Turner Schofield

Schofield carried out his fellowship at 7 Stages in Atlanta, where he worked as the assistant to French director Eric Vigner on Bernard Marie Koltes' play "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields;" with German actress Anne Tismer on "Gutes Tun/Doing Good Things"; and with American actress/director Crystal Dickinson on Pearl Cleage's play "A Song for Coretta."

Sekolah Tun Fatimah

Sekolah Tun Fatimah is a Sekolah Berasrama Penuh SBP, which is administered by the Ministry of Education, special for girls.

Sekolah Tun Fatimah or better known as STF, is a premier all-girl boarding school(Sekolah Berasrama Penuh) located in Johor Bahru, Johor.

Skudai

The shopping centres that are in and within Skudai are Skudai Parade, AEON Taman Universiti, KIP Mart, Skudai Mall, The Store in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Sutera Mall in Taman Sutera Utama, U Mall in Taman Pulai Utama, Bestmart in Taman Nusa Bestari, Giant Hypermarket which along the Jalan Skudai.

Statute of Westminster 1472

The Statute of Westminster 1472 was an Act of Edward IV of England requiring a tax of four bow staves per tun of cargo to be provided by each ship arriving at an English Port.

Stratfield Mortimer

The Foudry Brook is crossed at the bottom of the village at Tun Bridge.

Sultan of Perak

Sultan Muzaffar Shah II Ibni Almarhum Raja Mahmud of Siak (1636–1654) son of Raja Asif Ishak ibni al-Marhum Sultan Khoja Ahmad al-Marhum Kasab, of Siak, by his wife, Tun Dharmapala Johara Tun Kechil daughter of Tun Isap Misai bin Tun Mahmud, Bendahara Sri Raja Tua of Johor.

Tan Cheng Lock

The house in Singapore was named the Tan Cheng Lock Baba House, in honour of Tun Tan's strong belief in education.

Tawau Airport

In year 2003, Tawau Airport was officially launched by the former Transport Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik.

Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor

The six are former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, retired chief justices Tun Mohd Eusoff Chin and Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan and prominent lawyer Datuk V.K. Lingam.

Than Tun

Professor Than Tun left Mandalay in 1982 for University of Tokyo’s Department of South East Asian Studies where he was a Research Fellow and Visiting Professor from 1982 to 1987.

The Best of UB40 – Volume One

The pub on the cover is the Eagle and Tun, frequented by UB40 as it is close to DEP International in Digbeth, Birmingham.

Tun Abdul Jamil

The Royal Malaysian Navy named a Laksamana Class Corvette KD Laksamana Tun Abdul Jamil,which was commissioned in July 1999.

Tun Ali of Malacca

Tun Ali's grandson by Tun Tahir (who shared the same name with him) married Tun Fatimah, the daughter of his second son Bendahara Seri Maharaja Tun Mutahir.

Tun Fuad Stephens

Later that same year, Tun Fuad Stephens together with Harris Salleh formed the new political party BERJAYA.

Tun Razak Highway

On 20 June 2010, Malaysian Ministry of Works, Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, proposed the Tun Razak Highway to be upgraded to a 4-lane highway as a preventive measure to reduce accidents.

Tun Tavern

The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia contains a Tun Tavern-themed restaurant with a lunch menu, alcoholic beverages, and bread pudding.

Yeap Ghim Guan

Another famous stunt was pledging to dive off the Penang Bridge if the then Chief Minister of Penang, Tun Lim Chong Eu could successfully build Penang Bridge, he failed to fulfill the pledge when the bridge was completed.


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