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The British did discuss it with the local people, but declared Sarawak a crown colony on 1 July 1946 anyway, with support from British officers and european residents. [4] The idea of anti-colonialism started when the newspaper Fajar Sarawak was first published. The idea was later carried on by the newspaper Utusan Sarawak. [5]
Rosli worked at the Sarawak Public Works Department (PWD) [1] and for Utusan Sarawak. He was known to be a nationalist and a poet. He was known to be a nationalist and a poet. Using the pseudonym Lidros , [ citation needed ] he wrote a nationalist poem titled "Panggilan Mu yang Suchi" (Malay: "Your Divine Call") [ 2 ] which was published in ...
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The cession has sparked nationalism among Malay intellectuals. They started the anti-cession movement with their main centre of operation in Sibu and Kuching.Meanwhile, the majority of Chinese supported the cession because the British would bring more economic benefits to Sarawak and illegal gambling and the opium trade would be banned under British rule which would also benefit the economy.
Utusan Malaysia traces its roots to 1939 when it was first published as Utusan Melayu, with its address at Queen Street, Singapore.It was founded by journalists Yusof Ishak (future President of Singapore) and Abdul Rahim Kajai as a dedicated print owned by native Malayan Malays back when the Malay-language newspaper industry was dominated by Jawi Peranakans and Arabs (like the Alsagoffs).
The Governor of Sarawak (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak) is the ceremonial head of state of Sarawak. [1] The Yang di-Pertua Negeri is styled Tuan Yang Terutama (lit. ' His Excellency '). The official residence of the governor is The Astana, located on the north bank of the Sarawak River in Kuching. [2] Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been ...
The Sultanate of Sarawak (Malay: كسلطانن ملايو سراوق دارالهنا , romanized: Kesultanan Sarawak) was a Malay kingdom, located in present-day Kuching Division, Sarawak. The kingdom was founded in 1599, [ 1 ] after the conquest of the preceding Santubong Kingdom and the later Sultanate of Brunei .
Originally formed by teachers in 1945, the Sarawak Tribune was the second English-language daily in Sarawak and was, prior to its suspension, the state's oldest and largest operating state daily, with over 400 employees throughout the state and 70 editorial staff in Kuching. The daily was regarded as a legacy of British colonial Sarawak.