Philip @ Mohd Noor

Some people asked me about Philip in my Facebook. Here's my long answer. I'm not Philip's sister. Philip was my step-uncle.

Who was Philip?

Some of you may still remember Philip @ Mohd Noor, the adopted Singaporean son of Dr Che Lah. We called him Philip but he always loved being called Mohd Noor.

According to my mother, he was adopted as a baby from an orphanage in Singapore just before the war (WWII) (we don't know which orphanage).

According to my late mother, Philip's mother was Chinese and father a Dane. At the time, Dr Che Lah was doing his posting at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore. His two elder daughters (Tulip and Esther) went to school in Singapore.

Dr Che Lah's children visiting his eldest sister Mak Besar Bee in Penang, circa 1952. The location is Kg Sg Glugor, a Malay village in front of Minden Heights residential area. Philip is at left most wearing a white cap. Dr Che Lah is up on the verandah. The 2 girls are Mak Besar Bee's daughters, Wan Tam and Wan Chik (Khala Wan Chik).

Philip kneeling on the grass at their home at 35 Maxwell Road, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. This Maxwell Road home had an expansive garden (a vast garden). Maxwell Road was named after Sir George E. Maxwell. Tulip is standing at right most.

Tulip with her arms around Philip (she loved him dearly, dunia akhirat). The rest are her siblings and Mak Besar Bee's daughters.

Philip climbed high above his sisters, circa 1952. The sisters are (from left) Daisy, Esther, Tulip and June. I think this was inside a train or ship cabin.

Dr Che Lah's family in Pahang circa 1955. Standing in the doorway are (from left) Matron Maria, Philip, and June. The lady in white uniform is Matron Mariah @ Chong Nyet Lin of Bangsar/Bangsar Hospital, Dr Che Lah's second wife. Their son is Kamaruddin (baby at right) carried by Esther. His youngest daughter Daisy Yvette is seated with a child on her lap. Tulip is seated next to another child. The 2 children are unknown. We don't know who they are.

I knew Philip when I was a child and later as a teenager. He was my Uncle Philip. We nicknamed him "Elvis Presley" as he played the guitar just like Elvis did. We all loved him very much. He was quite a jovial person and very charming too.

With my family watching out for an Indian procession in Glugor Road, Penang, circa 1960s. I'm the little girl at left (behind the pointing hand). Philip is at right most, holding my sister's hand (Rabi'ah). The other people in the photo were probably Glugor villagers in the vicinity. From left: An Indian man with hands behind his back, an Indian lady with cloth covering her tummy, a Malay lady with a scarf hanging down her neck, myself facing my mother, Kamariah (Dr Che Lah's adopted daughter), my mother holding my youngest brother's (Amin) hands, another brother (Farid), my eldest sister Sharifah, and my younger sister Rabiah - holding Philip's right hand. Glugor Road is now renamed to Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah. It was named after Sultan Azlan Shah when he was the Agong (king).

As I recall Philip got married to Harissah, a former beauty queen of Terengganu. He got married in Terengganu some time in the early 1970s. We all went to Terengganu for Philip's wedding. I remember I helped him put on his baju Melayu and kain sampin as he didn't know how to put them on properly. I also tied the flower out of his kain sampin and also put on his songkok for him and tilted it a bit. I remember I said to him that he was going to get married and it was serious matter (tak boleh main-main, of course he laughed). We dressed up Philip in a wooden house but I have no recall of the address of that Malay village. We also prepared the hantaran and checked that everything was in order. Philip was very excited, he was on cloud nine! We all hugged him and led him to the akad nikah venue in a nearby house. The house was packed with villagers who came to know of Philip's wedding. I was scared that the wooden house would fall apart under so much weight!

According to my late mother, Philip was visiting his step-father (Dr Che Lah) in Penang when he complained of a slight headache that was intractable (didn't seem to go away). They had him examined at the General Hospital Penang and found a tumour in his brain. Philip underwent brain tumour surgery at GH Penang and was cared for by Dr Che Lah's nephew, Jalaluddin bin Ali Baba (Jalal), and a close friend - Hashim's father. Unfortunately, he died of post-op complications. Dr Che Lah, Tulip, Uncle Din (Kamaruddin bin Dr Che Lah) and everyone else was shattered by Philip's  sudden death. I was too.

Years after Philip died, I visited GH Penang and met a few people who remembered Philip. Mr Tan Hock Chuan said Uncle Philip underwent surgery at GH Penang and was looked after by Encik Hashim's father and a relative named Jalal.

We made kenduri arwah after the customary 40 days and that was held in Sentul, in my Uncle Pak Saleh's house. All of Dr Che Lah's families were present and that was the first time too that I met my maternal aunts (Esther and June; I think Daisy was already in Perth) and grandmother (Daisy Catherine). I don't have any photos of that moment (haven't found any so far). I only have vivid memories of whom I met and my conversation with my grandmother. Uncle Pak Saleh and his relatives prepared our meals for the occasion. We parted close to maghrib and my parents sent my grandmother to hospital (I can't recall which one). That was the last time I saw my own grandmother. Then I went overseas.

Philip divorced Harissah and they had no children. Both remarried to others. He remarried another Malay lady and lived in Shah Alam. They had no issue too. His second widow later remarried and had children. Philip did not have any issue from any of his wives.

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June Che Lah

Jamaliah June Che Lah  (born 29 June 1934-died 12 May 1990) is the third daughter of Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos, an early Malay doctor. June married to Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel on 8 February 1958. They had 5 children - Stephanie Druscilla Nathaniel, Gerald Kingsley Nathaniel, Rex Allan Nathaniel, Vanessa Gloria Nathaniel and Amanda Zoe Nathaniel. They lived in Ipoh before moving to Kuala Lumpur. June and Rex are deceased.

1. Stephanie
2. Gerald
3. Rex Allan Nathaniel married Susann Lee. They have 2 children - Claris Nathaniel and Kevin Nathaniel. Rex is deceased.
4. Vanessa Gloria Nathaniel married Peter Yang. They have 3 children - Ian Timothy Yang, Melody Grace Yang, and Tabita Hope Yang. Vanessa remarried.
5. Amanda Zoe.

I met June circa 1975 but for a brief while when she walked past me at kenduri arwah held in Sentul for a step-uncle Philip @ Mohd Noor who died of complications following a brain tumour surgery performed at GH Penang. I have not seen the death certificate of this uncle, and therefore I cannot point to the date (40 days after death) or date of this chance meeting with June.

In dating these photos below, I have used events that occurred from the many accounts of many family members. A misleading piece of information was the exact date of Dr Che Lah's birth. Nobody knows for sure what the correct date of birth (DOB) for Dr Che Lah is. There are presently 2 dates, 10 December 1903 and 10 December 1904. In his application papers, Dr Che Lah wrote 1903 as his birth year. However, for his birthdays and headstone, the families used 1904. I have mentioned these conflicting dates in his biography. I will mention the correct birth date once I get permission from JPN (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara) to check its database records. I have not returned to JPN with the evidence it needed.

June (18) in KL in 1952 at her eldest's sister's send-off to Kirkby. Photo from Tulip's album.

June (23) in 1957 before marriage. Photo was contributed by Sharifah.

June (44) on 10 December 1978 at her father's 74th birthday party in Penang. Dr Che Lah's album.

June in saree in 1980s at her daughter's graduation. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

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Singapore Standard, 16 February 1958, page 11

MALAYAN BRIDES [ARTICLE + ILLUSTRATION]

MALAYAN BRIDES (LEFT) LIEUT. D. K. NATHANIEL of the Federation Armoured Cor Regiment and his bride, the former Miss June Che Lah, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Che Lah of Kuala Lumpur who were married at St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, last week. Photo shows the couple leaving the Church.

June's (24) marriage to Devdass Kingsley Nathaniel, 1958. Photo was contributed by Amanda.

June's children with their father. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

June and her children. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

Dr Che Lah's 74th birthday in Penang, 10 December 1978. From left: Daisy Yvette (Perth), Dr Che Lah (cutting cake), Aminah (little girl, Tulip's youngest daughter), June (behind little girl), 2 of June's daughters, and Mariah (Dr Che Lah's second wife).

June (2L) with her mother Catherine Daisy de Coursey Bulner (3L), youngest maternal uncle Humphrey Edward Bulner (4L) and 4 of her 5 children. Her husband is on Humphrey's left. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

June with husband and 2 daughters. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

June and her youngest maternal uncle Humphrey Edward Bulner (UK).
Humphrey is the youngest of Catherine's 6 or 7 siblings. Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

June's grave (29 June 1934-12 May 1990).
Photo from Amanda's Facebook.

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Tulip Che Lah (2) Demise

TULIP CHE LAH (4 Nov 1931-5 June 2004)

She is my mother. I am her daughter. She was the eldest of 4 sisters. She was a schoolteacher at many places before she retired at age 55 in Penang. She wanted to be a doctor but WW2 shattered her dreams. She became a teacher instead after completing 2 years teacher training at the Malayan Trainee Teachers' College at Kirkby, near Liverpool (1952-1954). She returned to Malaya and taught English, Civics, Geography and sometimes Physical Education. She was a grade 8 pianist and a good piano teacher. She played mostly waltzes and rags, mostly Strauss and Chopin. She spoke English, Malay, sang in Tamil, and comprehended Spanish, German, Japanese, and Chinese. She was a good cook and used Betty Crocker cookbooks from the UK. She knitted and did crochet from Japanese books. She married to Abdul Rashid bin Mohd Yusope (my father), previously a simultaneous interpreter in the Malaysian Parliament for the first Malaysian Cabinet, then a teacher and later a college lecturer in the Malay Language, Mathematics and Physics. They have 7 children. She suffered a heart attack and passed away in the afternoon, aged 72. She is interred at the Muslim cemetery in Bandar Baru Selayang, outside Kuala Lumpur.

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Tulip at 72. Visiting Singapore

These words were found in Tulip's diary of 1967: "To do good is not only our greatest duty, but should be our greatest interest." I have used this as the text description for this blog, and also as the last slide for my professorial talk in 2010.

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DOA UNTUK IBUBAPA

Allahummaghfirli waliwalidayya warhamhumah kamarabbayani saghirah

Allahhummaghfirli dzunubi waliwalidayya, warhamhumma kama robbayani soghiro 

Makna doa: 

Ya Allah, ampunilah dosa-dosaku serta kedua ibu bapaku dan kasihanilah mereka keduanya sebagaimana mereka memelihara dan mendidikku di masa kecil.

Allahummaghfirlaha warhamhuma wa'afiha waghfu'anha  bima rahmanir rahimin

Taken from: http://ladanguluyam.blogspot.com/2010/09/doa-untuk-kedua-ibubapa.html

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Haji Shamsuddin bin Mohd Joonos bin Raboo

Comments are copied from http://theearlymalaydoctors.blogspot.com/2011/03/penang-general-hospital-penang-gh.html

We have these questions:

1. Is Dr Che Lah bin Mohd Joonos related to Shamsuddin bin Mohd Joonos?
2. Is Dr Che Lah bin Mohd Joonos related to Dr Abdul Ghani bin Mohammad?
3. Who was Mohd Joonoos bin Mas Raboo?
4. Who was Mas Raboo?
5. How did Mas Raboo arrive in Malaya?

Many wrote to ask for the identity of Shamsuddin bin Mohd Joonos. Many asked whether Dr Che Lah bin Mohd Joonos was related to Shamsuddin bin Mohd Joonos.

Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos was an early Malay doctor (1903-1986). He was my maternal grandfather. I don't have evidence that they were blood relatives or related by marriage of their relatives.

Shamsuddin is not in Dr Che Lah's family tree. However, Shamsuddin is in another family tree belonging to Iszham Idris, whose mother is related to Dr Abdul Ghani bin Mohammad, an early Malay doctor.

Dr Abdul Ghani bin Mohammad and Dr Che Lah bin Mohd Joonos graduated together from the King Edward VII (KE VII) College of Medicine in Singapore in March 1930. They also worked in Kuala Lumpur and Dr Abdul Ghani replaced Dr Che Lah in Klang when Dr Che Lah moved to Kuala Lumpur. They seem to be close friends but I still can't see how they are related.

Dr Abdul Ghani's daughter (Fadzilah) knows Dr Che Lah but has not mentioned that they are related.

I checked Mas Raboo's family tree. Shamsuddin's namestring is Shamsuddin bin Md Joonos bin Mas Raboo. This Mas Raboo was an Indonesian Malay man-a Javanese sultan, ie a royalty.  He fled to India/Ceylon and came to Malaya/Penang in the 1850s. He is connected to the Brunei throne. Md Joonos bin Mas Raboo bought a large piece of land in Penang in the 1880s.

Dr Che Lah had an uncle named Shamsuddin but his name string is Shamsuddin bin Md Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad. This is a Hyderabad, Punjab (Punjabi) Muslim lineage. This particular Shamsuddin was a Mamak/Mamu and passed away (young?). There is no historical note him. Shaik Ahmad came to Malaya with the British Army/British East India Company (BEIC). His date of arrival is unknown, but could be circa 1879 when the BEIC first landed in Penang.


Mas Raboo
From Haniff:
Mas Raboo was said to come from Java and fled to India (Karachi) because of the war with the Dutch. He later came to Malaya maybe around 1850s, I am not sure.

From Nazz:
Mas Raboo was a sultan in Java and fled to Ceylon during the Dutch Occupation. Then migrated to Penang.

M. Joonoos bin Mas Raboo
From Haniff:
M. Joonoos bin Mas Raboo bought a land in Penang around 1880s.

From Nazz:
M. Joonoos married Hajjah Wan Chik and had 4 sons: Che Mat , Shamsuddin, Che Kasim and Mat Sutan. M. Joonoos was also married to another lady and Che Lah might be his son.

From me: This cannot be as their surnames are different. There are 2 men named Md Joonos who can be easily confused.

1. Md Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad (Punjabi)
2. Md Joonos bin Raboo/Mas Raboo (Javanese)

Joonoos
From Sellene:
Another point regarding Joonoos is that the spelling brings to mind the Ceylonese Malay link. It seems to be a favourite way to spell Yunus among the Ceylonese Malays.

Shaik Ahmad
From Kamaruddin bin Capt. Mohamed Noor:
Dr Che Lah's grandfather (Shaik Ahmad) was from Hyderabad, from the Darjeeling area of the Deccan plateau. He came to Malaya with the British Army.

Dr Che Lah bin Mohd Joonos
From Sellene:
Looking at Dr Che Lah's features, I might say that there is a possibility of some Ceylon link but as he is your grandfather, you are in a better position to clarify.

From Assoc. Prof. Dr KNS Sirajudeen:
He thinks that Dr Che Lah looks like a typical southern Indian, probably a Tamil Muslim.

From me:

Dr Che Lah's grandparents:

Grandfather: Shaik Ahmad

Grandmother: Hajar

Children (Dr Che Lah's father, uncles and aunts):

1.      Hamidah Bee bt Shaik Ahmad

2.      (“Tok Jan”) Jan Bee bt Shaik Ahmad

3.      Mohd Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad

4.      Mohd. Ali bin Shaik Ahmad

5.      (“Tok Mariam”) Mariam bt Shaik Ahmad

6.      Captain Mohd. Noor bin Shaik Ahmad

Dr Che Lah's parents:

Father: Mohd Joonos bin Shaik Ahmad (a clerk)

Mother: Juma Bee bt Kassim

Children (Dr Che Lah's siblings): 5

1.      Mak Besar Bee bt. Mohd Joonos

2.      Dr Che Lah bin Mohd Joonos

3.      Ali Baba bin Mohd Joonos

4.      Osman bin Mohd Joonos

5.      Mohamad bin Mohd Joonos

Captain Mohamed Noor bin Shaik Ahmad (1890-  __)
Captain Mohamed Noor bin Shaik Ahmad was Dr Che Lah’s youngest uncle. Captain Mohamed Noor bin Shaik Ahmad married three times, each time when his wife died, first to Wan Teh, then Che Wan and finally Mariam (Che Wan’s younger sister). Captain Mohamed Noor had six, five and eight children from his first, second and third wife, respectively. Altogether, Captain Mohamed Noor had 19 children. 

His 8 children from his third wife:

1. Zainal Abidin (m. 1. Khatijah - 5 kids, 2. Naimah - 1 son, 3. Nor Azma - 4 kids, 4. Nor Mala - 2 kids, 5. Suzana - 3 kids)
2. Juma Bee (m. Jamal@Roger Heady - 2 kids, Canberra, Australia)
3. Kamarudin (m. Fatimah Mohd Siraj - 6 kids, Petaling Jaya)
4. Samsudin (deceased)
5. Sharom Bee (deceased)
6. Kalthom Bee (Lily) (m. Abdul Jabbar - 5 kids)
7. Amirudin (m. 1. Aminah - 4 kids, 2. Maizun - 5 kids, 3. Rose - 3 kids)
8. Tajudin (m. Asnah - 6 kids)

Kamarudin bin Capt Md Noor bin Shaik Ahmad
Kamarudin's mother is Mariam Bee, third wife of Capt Md Noor. Kamarudin had 8 siblings from the same parents. Kamarudin bin Md Noor had worked in the Income Tax office in Kota Bharu, Kelantan in the 1960s and retired as Deputy Director-General from the Income Tax office at Kampong Attap in Kuala Lumpur. Kamarudin bin Md Noor is married to Fatimah bt Mohd Siraj (also from Penang) and they have three married daughters and three grandchildren. Kamarudin bin Md Noor is Dr Che Lah's cousin and he knew Dr Haji Abdul Ghani.

Samsudin bin Capt Md Noor bin Shaik Ahmad
Samsudin's mother is Mariam Bee, third wife of Capt Md Noor. Samsudin had 8 siblings from the same parents. Samsudin died without issue (based on the family tree). He was Dr Che Lah's cousin.

Dr Abdul Ghani bin Mohammad
He is interred at Tanah Perkuburan Islam in Bayan Lepas, quite far away from where Dr Che Lah is buried. The graveyard is near his village. The airport in Bayan Lepas is approx. 10 min by bus from Kampung Sungai Gelugor.

Old postal box in Kelantan which was used when I went to primary school in 1969-1970. The wordings are not clear, but my guess is it says "POST OFFICE" on top and the bottom piece says "McGOWALL-SWEWEILA CO LTD, LONDON & FALKIRK." Photo taken in 2010.

Shamsuddin bin Mohd Joonos bin Mas Raboo

From Sellene:

Shamsuddin Joonoos was formerly president of the Malay Association in the 30s and used to work in the postal department. He was more commonly known as Hj S.M. Joonoos. Mohamad Joonoos may as well be his father.

From Haniff:

Shamsuddin Md Joonoos is my great grand father, he has a brother, che kasim m. joonoos, who was with the kedah civil service in 1930s (Director of Land). M. Joonoos bin Mas Raboo [...]. Shamsuddin was ill during his death and likes to write malay dictionaries in Jawi.

From Nazz

Hi Haniff, if Hj Shamsuddin M.Joonoos is your great grandad, we are related then. He's my grandfather. I'm son of Elias Shamsuddin.

From Nazz:

Hj Shamsuddin was the secretary of post (highest position a Malay can hold during British reign) and also a religious leader and friend to Ahmad Badawi (Tun Abdullah's father).

From Nazz:

Look me up on Facebook. Nazri Elias. My father just passed away and i was just googling the family name and found this.

From Iszham Idris:

Haniff is not in his family tree.

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Favourite Fruits of the Families

Fruits are an important part of the diet of our families. The families liked certain fruits more than the others. Papaya topped the list in all our families. Others are durian, rambutan, mata kucing, mangosteen. I'm different and I like bananas most, then nona, mangoes, pineapples and watermelons. I take pomegranate too, especially the big and sweet ones. I also eat fresh persimmon when they are available. I take sweet Washington apples, fragrant rose apples, Sunkist oranges and Australian grapes when I can get them from the shops.

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The Roman Bath House

My parents and I visited the Roman bath house in Bath, England. I can't remember much of it but it should be on the Internet. All I can remember are the big rocks that shaped the large rectangular open-air swimming pool with corridor all around it. There were some chambers for the Roman higher officers and other smaller bath chambers. The Romans had used metal sheets embedded at the bottom of the swimming pool to control water temperature. The water appeared greenish and it was steaming (hot) and it was autumn.

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Cucu Dr Che Lah

I have heard people addressed me as Cucu Dr Che Lah. Some have addressed me as Tulip's daughter. But I think I look more like my father than anyone else, but nobody has addressed me as Rashid's daughter. I wonder why. It makes me smile sometimes. I don't look like my maternal grandmother at all. I have my grandfather's smile and I have my father's eyes.

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Our Toes and Feet

So far, all I have seen are Greek toes formation in our families. Datuk Dr Che Lah, my Mak and myself have Greek toes formation. Datuk had large feet; Mak and I have small feet (size 5).

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A Chance Meeting With An Engineer

I was at dinner organised by the Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) at Hai Nan Town, George Town in Penang on 16 August 2013. It was a pre-conference dinner for the Penang Story Lecture, "Penang and the Hajj 2013". I sat at the main table with Dato' Anwar Fazal (ex-UNDP) and wife, Prof Eric Tagliacozzo (Cornell University, keynote speaker), Khoo Salma Nasution (President of PHT), and Lim Gaik Siang (PHT treasurer, who is a qualified engineer, working with Penang Council).

Dato' Anwar Fazal, his sister Rashidah (formerly with USM library) and the family were my grandfather's rear neighbour, on the kitchen side. His sister Rashidah Begum is the aunt of my colleague, Yasmin Begum Mokhtar Ahmad (Chico State University 1976-1980).

As we were talking, the female Chinese engineer asked about myself. She said I looked like someone she knew. I said my parents are Abdul Rashid at RECSAM and my mother Puan Tulip had taught at the PCGHS (Penang Chinese Girls' High School), a historical Chinese girls' school in Pulau Tikus, Penang.

The Chinese engineer became interested. She had been to my parent's house at Minden Heights in Penang. She knew a lot of stories from my talkative father. She remembered my mother very well. What a small world!

I am amazed that my mother's student would remember her in 2013; she had passed away in June 2004. That's more than 8 years ago.

Salma's father and my father worked together as Mathematics lecturers at the RECSAM/Maktab Perguruan Pulau Pinang. Salma's father retired earlier. My father retired in 1986, on his 55th birthday.

Badariah Baba Ahmad's father and Prof Rabindarjeet Singh's father had also worked and taught at the RECSAM/Maktab. I can't recall what Prof Rabindarjeet Singh's father taught.

Badariah Baba Ahmad lives in Puchong. Badariah's father is Baba Ahmad bin Hamid Don. He had worked at Maktab Perguruan Persekutuan Pulau Pinang (MPPPP) from 1979 to 1992 (retired). He was an English Language lecturer. He taught English Literature. Arwah Baba Ahmad might have known arwah Bapak when they both worked at MPPPP. Baba Ahmad is Bapak's relative from Jelutong.

Dato' Anwar Fazal and wife Dato' Mahmoodah, and myself.

Mak's ex-PCGHS student, Penang engineer Lim Gaik Siang (left) and her friend Salma Khoo.

Lim Gaik Siang

Hon. Treasurer, Penang Heritage Trust (PHT)

Persatuan Warisan Pulau Pinang

26, Church Street, City of George Town

10200 Penang

MALAYSIA

Tel: +6 04 264 2631

Fax: +6 04 262 8421

Website: www.pht.org.my

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Lim Gaik Siang

2-25-3A, Sri Pangkor, Pangkor Road

10050 George Town, Penang

Tel: +6 04 2299 028

Fax: +6 04 2299 901

Email: limgspc@gmail.com

Hp: +6 019 471 8523

- dia anak murid Mak at Penang Chinese Girls' High School

- dia selalu datang rumah Penang, jumpa Mak and Bapak

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The Kew Gardens in London

I visited the Kew Gardens with my parents in 1980. I can't recall much of the plants I saw at the Kew Gardens, but there were rubber trees - maybe of that first clone that was brought to Malaysia.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, popularly known as the Kew Gardens, is a botanical garden much like that in Penang. It was opened in 1759, and covers 300 acres (151 hectares). It is located in London.

The Kew Gardens was my mother's favourite place. She always spoke about plants at the Kew Gardens. She knew about most of the plants there.

I remember the Kew Garden was an expansive place, and with a lot of trees and a few buildings. There was a glass building. It was well-looked after.

We walked all over Kew Gardens.

External links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew
http://www.kew.org/

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