TRIBUTE ABDUL - Perdana Library

S. DURAI RAJA SINGAM
1916 - Became a pupil of the Penang Free School in the second
standard at the age of 13.
1919 - Awarded a Kedah State Scholarship which took him to
England to prepare for the University entrance examination.
1922 - Student at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge University
on a Kedah scholarship. (October 1922 to December,
1925).
1924 - Graduated, Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge University—the
first Kedah Prince to gain a degree in any British University.
1927 - Founder and first Secretary of the Malay Society of Great
Britain. Kesatuan Melayu United Kingdom (K.M.U.K.)
Tengku Abdul Rahman, later Tuanku Abdul Rahman, the
first Yang di - Pertuan Agong was its first President.
1931 - Returned to Malaya from England. Joined the Kedah
Civil Service . District Officer. Met Mr. Eugene Chen,
then Foreign Minister of China - both of whom became
great friends.
1936 - District Officer, Sungei Patani. Received Nehru at
Butterworth.
1938 - Returned to England to study Law but studies were
interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.
1940 - Deputy Director of Civil Defence for South Kedah.
1941 - In December during the British retreat he diverted tactfully
his father's car going to Penang and kept the Sultan
at Siddim Valley, Kulim to be with his people in that
time of National emergency.
During the Japanese Occupation of Malaya, when the
Japanese returned Kedah to Siam, he served as Superintendent
of Education and Director of Passive Defence until
the reoccupation, September, 1945.
1946 - Opposed the British Government fusion of Malay States
and Colonies to form the Malayan Union which deprived
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