TRIBUTE ABDUL - Perdana Library
TRIBUTE ABDUL - Perdana Library
TRIBUTE ABDUL - Perdana Library
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FRANK SULLIVAN<br />
the first President (and still is) of the Asian Football Confederation,<br />
which was formed five years ago. Four years ago he was elected<br />
President of the newly initiated Asian Badminton Confederation.<br />
A great believer in the value of sport, in building either the<br />
character of people as individuals or the nation as a whole, he<br />
spends so much time in fostering sport that he should have little<br />
to spare for exercise. In spite of this, he endeavours not to let a<br />
day pass without some form of physical exercise. He is also<br />
extremely fond of racing and is considered a very good judge of a<br />
horse. He attends race meetings in various parts of Malaya as<br />
often as his official duties will allow him to do so. He has led on<br />
his own winners on several occassions.<br />
Tunku Abdul Rahman is also extremely interested in outboard<br />
motor boats, and in the past two years he has regained<br />
an old enthusiasm for golf, which is now his principal relaxation,<br />
as he endeavours to get a game in almost daily.<br />
He is also keenly interested in gardens, particularly the<br />
growing of orchids, and a persistent devotee of cine photography.<br />
He wrote a play about an ancient legend of Langkawi Island,<br />
where he was once District Officer. This has been performed many<br />
times in North Malaya in Malay and has also been filmed.<br />
These recreations and hobbies do not exhaust the activities<br />
of the Prime Minister. He takes the greatest possible interest<br />
in architecture and planning, as can be seen by his promoting<br />
and building the Stadium Negara and by his sponsorship of<br />
public appeals for a National Monument and the Natioral<br />
Mosque in the Federal Capital. He is also President of the<br />
Kuala Lumpur Flying Club, and owns one of the most importtant<br />
and varied collections of the Malay kris in the whole country.<br />
He is a great patron of all Malayan cultural entertainments and<br />
is also very fond of dancing.<br />
Tunku Abdul Rahman has been married three times. By his<br />
first wife, he had two children. Tunku Kathijah, who is the wife<br />
of a Malay in Government Service, now studying in the United<br />
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