𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟕 𝐢𝐧 Stadium 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐤𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐞? 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟, 𝐶𝑃𝑂(𝑅) 𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑒𝑙. When asked about the historic night when he hoisted the Federation of Malaya flag at the Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur in 1957, Samuel said

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐤𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐞? 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑁𝑔 𝑊𝑒𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝐽𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. Additionally, the person who raised the flag during this historic day and ceremony was also a Penangite from Butterworth, according to Penang Walkabouts page owner Robert Teh. Wishing yo

𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑? 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐾𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑘. Located in the southwestern part of Penang island, Kampung Seronok is the birthplace of a deviant Islamic cult known as Taslim (also known as Agama Matahari). The cult was introduced by Syed Muhammad Syafre bin Syed Sailuddin (also known as Haji Ahmad Matahari), who c

𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑅𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑎 𝐴𝑏𝑑𝑢𝑙 𝑆𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚. Photo credit: http://uthayasb.blogspot.com/2017/03/rabia.html National track-and-field athlete Rabia Abdul Salam was a promising young athlete from Air Itam, Penang. In 1990 and 1991, Rabia was the Penang Sportswoman of The Year. Her greatest accomplishment was when she won the gold medal for Malaysia in the 1993 SEA Games for the 4x400m event in Singapore together with Josephine Mary, R. Shanti and G. Shanti. Her time