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Nigel Ng. Nigel Ng (/ ʌŋ / UNG; born 15 March 1991) [2][3] is a Malaysian comedian and YouTube-personality. He is best known for co-creating (alongside Evelyn Mok) and portraying Uncle Roger, a character representing a middle-aged Asian uncle with an exaggerated Cantonese accent who is often seen critiquing people's attempts in cooking Asian ...
The name Malaysia is a combination of the word Malays and the Latin-Greek suffix -ia/-ία [18] which can be translated as 'land of the Malays'. [19] Similar-sounding variants have also appeared in accounts older than the 11th century, as toponyms for areas in Sumatra or referring to a larger region around the Strait of Malacca. [20]
The Encyclopedia of Malaysia: Early History, has pointed out a total of three theories of the origin of Malays: The Yunnan theory (published in 1889) – The theory of Proto-Malays originating from Yunnan approximately 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. The theory is supported by R.H Geldern and his team who theorized that their migration occurred from ...
History of Malaysia. Malaysia is a modern concept, created in the second half of the 20th century. However, contemporary Malaysia regards the entire history of Malaya and Borneo, spanning thousands of years back to prehistoric times, as its own history. [1][2][3] The first evidence of archaic human occupation in the region dates back at least 1 ...
The history of Kuala Lumpur began in the middle of the 19th century with the rise of the tin mining industry, and boomed in the early 20th century with the development of rubber plantations in Selangor. It became the capital of Selangor, later the Federated Malay States, and then Malayan Union, Malaya and finally Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur, [a] officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, [b] and colloquially referred to as KL, is the capital city and a federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of 243 km 2 (94 sq mi) with a census population of 2,075,600 as of 2024. [8] Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang ...
Jimmy Choo. Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat (born 15 November 1948 [citation needed]) is a Malaysian fashion designer based in the United Kingdom. He co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd, which became known for its handmade women's shoes.
Badang was a Malay boy from Batu Pahat, in the northern part of the Sultanate of Johor (corresponds to the modern day state of Johor, Malaysia). He was the only son of two poor farmers who worked hard until the day they died. As a young man, Badang worked as a coolie for the rich farmer Orang Kaya Nira Sura in a place called Salung or Saluang ...