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Dear MCOBs,
It's that time of the year again!
As always, let’s join in the fun at our beloved alma mater.
Date: 27-29 April 2012 (Fri-Sun)
Venue: The Malay College Kuala Kangsar
Tentative programs: Download link
See you there!
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For Pride, Passion, Tradition
The Malay College Kuala Kangsar (1905-2012)
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- Death of a member (to be given to benefeciaries)
- Death of a direct dependant
- accidents resulting in disability
- critical and terminal illness
- illness requiring regular treatment eg dialysis etc
- RM 1,000 for death of a member
- RM 500 for death of a direct dependant
- Not more than RM 1,000 for case mentioned above in 1) to be given on a one time basis, assistance
- Active members (Those who are life members and for ordinary members those whose annual payments are up to date)
- Those whose socio-economic conditions require such assistance and determined by the TKM panel.
- No forms need be filled
- Members need only to inform the MCOBA Secretariat by sms,email or by telephone.
- The TBK Panel will meet and payments will be made to the benefeciaries of member within a week after the TBK panel agreed to the payments.
- The Chairman of the Religious and Welfare Sub Committee MCOBA
- The Hon Sect
- The Hon Treasurer
- A JPM Member
- Executive Secretary (Secretary)
Salam,
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THE WINDS OF CHANGE IN THE SEVENTIES : THE EXPERIMENTAL YEARS
The MCKK, once distinctly class-elitism, continued to take in boys from all social strata in the seventies. The hiatus in the intake of first formers in 1969-1971 was seen as detrimental to the progress of the college and it was revived back in 1972. – with the emergence of the so called “thoroughbreds ( a tag coined by the HM Mr Nordin Nasir in 1974);- a label to indicate a collegian being thoroughly bred and going through the whole mill of MCKK system as was practiced and hoped by the Old Boys. In the seventies, students entered the college at three levels – Form One (retake in 1972), Form Four and Lower Six. Seldom did students come in at any other stage, except perhaps in much earlier days when there were provisions even for primary schooling The Examination Syndicate did the selection for entry based on the results of the Standard Five Assessment Examinations, The LCE/SPM and the MCE/SPM. The college used to get the best English medium Malay boys in the country in the sixties and early seventies, so called crème-de-le crème’. Then when the education system abolished English medium in 1973, the college got the best National medium Malay boys in the country. That was in the seventies and sadly, now no more.
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ALL ARE WELCOME TO PAINT THE PERIMETER FENCE AND HELP YOURSELF TO DURIANS, MANGOSTEEN, RAMBUTANS ETC.
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.."..I think that I shall never see. A poem lovely as a Big tree. A tree whose lifeline 'secukup rasa'. Against the Kuale's sweet 'angin sepoi2 bahasa'. A Tree that looks at MC all day. And lifts her leafy arms to pray. A tree that may in sunshine wear. A nest of terkukur in her hair; Upon her bosom budak kolet has lain. Who ultimately has wisdom gain. Poems are made by people but Allah can make a Big Tree..."
MCOBA ANNUAL DINNER 2011
The Annual Dinner is scheduled to be on the Saturday 3rd of December 2011 at 8.00 pm at the ISTANA HOTEL, Kuala Lumpur.
BOOKINGS OF TABLES AT RM 1,800 PER TABLE AND RM 180 PER PERSON IS NOW OPENED. Sponsor's Tables are also welcomed
Bookings can be made via the Secretariat on the prescribed forms which will be sent upon enquiry.
As usual tables are limited and an early booking and payment will assure you of better seats. Tables will be allotted on a 'First Come First Pay' basis.
The concert for the Annual Dinner will be a Musical
A musical theatre satire production about the life and times of the spirited spirits of the Malay College and spinning off on a revolution of songs ,dance and sketches whilst spanning around specific timelines in the history or evolution of the Malay College Kuala Kangsar.
WHY NOT ?? is the theme.
Spice76
Deputy Chairman
MCOBA ANNUAL Dinner Committee 2011
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TITAH DIRAJA
DULI YANG MAHA MULIA
PEMANGKU RAJA PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN
RAJA NAZRIN SHAH
DI KONGRES MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI
SELURUH MALAYSIA.
TARIKH: 26 SEPTEMBER 2011 (ISNIN); MASA: 11.30 PAGI
TEMPAT: DEWAN MERDEKA
PUSAT DAGANGAN DUNIA PUTRA, KUALA LUMPUR.
Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
Segala puji tertentu bagi ALLAH Subhanahu Wata’ala yang memiliki dan menguasai segala yang ada di langit dan yang ada di bumi, dan bagi Nya (pula) segala puji di akhirat, dan Dialah saja Yang Maha Bijaksana, lagi Maha Mendalam pengetahuan Nya.[1] Hamba-Mu ini, dengan hati yang bening – ingatan yang hening, melafazkan seikhlas tutur dari denyut nadi – menzahirkan setulus kalam dari pancaran hati, kalimah kesyukuran yang setinggi-tingginya atas anugerah rahmat dari Mu jua Ya ALLAH, mengangkatkan martabat Hamba-Mu ini untuk menyempurnakan satu tanggung jawab fardu kifayah di pagi ini. Dengan segala kerendahan sifat – kelemahan kudrat, hamba-Mu mohon mendapat petunjuk dan panduan dari Mu jua.
2. Selawat dan kesejahteraan ke atas Junjungan Besar, Nabi Muhammad Sallallahu Alai Wassalam, semulia-mulia kejadian. Demikian juga ke atas keluarga dan para sahabat Baginda yang merupakan bintang-bintang penunjuk mencernakan cahaya, seterusnya ke atas sekalian para Tabiin dan para ulama yang berperanan sebagai penyuluh daripada kegelapan. Semoga memperoleh ihsan daripada ALLAH Subhanahu Wata’ala sehingga ke hari kebangkitan.
“ WALLAHI, WABILLAHI, WATALLAHI
Maka dengan lafaz ini berikrarlah kami dengan sesungguhnya dan dengan sebenarnya mengaku akan taat setia pada menjalankan dengan adilnya pemerintahan bagi Malaysia dengan mengikut sebagaimana Undang-undang dan Perlembagaan Negeri yang telah disah dan dimasyhurkan dan yang akan disah dan dimasyhurkan di masa hadapan ini. Dan lagi kami berikrar mengaku dengan sesungguhnya dan dengan sebenarnya memeliharakan pada setiap masa Agama Islam dan berdiri tetap atas pemerintahan yang adil dan aman di dalam negeri.”[2]
3. Demikian lafaz ikrar sumpah jawatan Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Dipertuan Agong selaku Ketua Utama Negara. Status Ketua Utama Negara bukan sekadar simbol hiasan. Status Ketua Agama Negara menuntut kepada penyempurnaan tanggung jawab besar memenuhi amanah. Terkandung lima kata kunci dalam sumpah jawatan tersebut; ia itu: Undang-undang, Perlembagaan Negeri, Agama Islam, Adil dan Aman.
Admin Note: MCOBA expressed our appreciation and gratitude to DYMM Raja Nazrin Shah who is also the Chairman of The Malay College Board of Governors for giving us his permission to publish the text of his speech whom we consider as an important "must read" article for all responsible citizens of Malaysia.
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‘Malay Racialism and the Sufi Alternative’
Abg Zin,
My latest contribution to knowledge is attached: a book chapter 'Malay Racialism and the Sufi Alternative’, in Maznah Mohamad and Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied (eds.), Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness, Singapore: National University ofSingapore Press, 2011, pp. 68-100. The book is fresh off the press for only about a week or so; see the attached flyer and also http://www.nus.edu.sg/nuspress/subjects/anthro/978-9971-69-555-2.html.
Issues touched in this book will be directly relevant to those in the minds of MCOBs sensitive to the plight of the Malays. The editor, Dr. Maznah Mohamad, formerly of USM and now at NUS, should be familiar to some as a commentator on issues regarding Malays. If you feel that the article is suitable to be blogged in MCOBA's website, please feel free to do so.
Admin Note:-
ASW Assoc Prof Ahmad Fauzi Ph.D ( Hi Adik ~ tertib orang Melayu: pangillan yang tua pada kita digelarkan Abang dan yang muda pula digelarkan Adik; kekadang diikutu dengan "honorifics". It's the same too for all civilized race. The Chinese will say, koko (abang), ceche (kakak) and we all do say " Nak nenen ke ?" atau kalau ibu yang tengah frust, ada juga yang tempik " FASTER DRINK YOUR NENEN (susu) OR I TELL YOUR PAPA WE DON'T GO TO TESCO NOW " -- Papa AU, KK dan MBA tenung tajam mata wifey lantas menyampuk "don't worry Honey, we will go out for dinner". Ehem ehem.
Sorry, I digress. Ahmad Fauzi C'86 is a frequent contributor to Mcoba.Org and Mcobs should read the book Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness (see pdf attachment); in Chapter 3, a refreshing perspective on Malay Racialism and the Sufi Alternative.
"The war between the Muslims and non-Muslims was a war of ideals, as every war more or lees is, and whenever such a war occurred the dying and degenerate civilization had to go down before the superior ideals of life preached by Islam. "Say: my prayer, my sacrifice, my life and my death are for the sake of Allah, the Cherisher of the Worlds." The Quran Vi (Al-An'am 162. -- wrote M.M. ZUHURU"DIN-DIN AHMAD, Professor of Logic and Philosophy at the Ismail College, Andheri (Bombay) - An Examination of the MYSTIC TENDENCIES IN ISLAM In The Light of The Quran and Traditions













