The Story Of Tunku Abdul Rahman And His Time In The United Kingdom

I came across what to me was a very interesting article on my flight from the United Kingdom to Malaysia and thought I would relate a little of it to you here. The article was about the previous and first Prime Minister of Malaysia after it’s independence from Britain – Tunku Abdul Rahman – who was educated in Cambridge, England. Tunku Abdul Rahman was the seventh son of Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, the Sultan of Kedah. You can find the full article in the brochure “Travel 3 Sixty”.

The article author – Mansor Puteh did the interview back in’89, just one year before Tunku Abdul Rahman’s death. He remembers that Tunku would recall the period of time he spent at University in England very fondly, and thus he took it upon himself to come over to England to see for himself what it is (was) really like.

This particular article relates the experience of Mansor and his nephew traveling to England to follow in the footsteps of Tunku. They arrived at Stanstead Airport (the same airport I left from) and proceeded to Cambridge to begin the “journey”. Tunku spent his time at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge so Mansor visited one of his lodgings in Grange Road near to the college.

Apparently however, Tunku was not allowed to remain on campus at St Catherine’s College for a whole term because back in the year’19 when he was there, it was highly unusual for a Malayan to be a student of Cambridge because they “did not look like British students” so it was preferred they were to live off campus.

The British advisor to Malaya was summonsed by the Sultan of Kedah so that he may explain to the Dean of the university that Tunku was a prince in Malaya. The Dean was totally shocked and exclaimed “why did you not say to me this before!”. Tunku was then offered a room on campus but he gracefully declined as he had grown accustomed to living elsewhere by then.

Tunku died in December’90 at the grand age of 87. Mansor Puteh is a well known Malaysian author and film maker. He is currently working on a new film called Malysian Snow, which is based in England and focuses on the experiences of some Malaysian students.

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