The "unwritten" last chapter of the late Ong Kee Hui's Footsteps in Malaysia: political development of Sarawak since 1963 (1).

The "unwritten" last chapter of the late Ong Kee Hui's Footsteps in Malaysia: political development of Sarawak since 1963 (1). In the Foreword fore��word?n.A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author.forewordNounan introductory statement to a bookNoun 1. to Footsteps in Malaysia, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr.George Chan Hong Nam wrote, "we had intended to include writings onhis [Ong Kee Hui Ong Kee Hui was a Chinese Malaysian politician and leader of the Sarawak United People's Party. ] principles in life in this book but unfortunately hepassed away before he wrote them." (2) In fact, an outline and partof the "unwritten LAW, UNWRITTEN, or lex non scripta. All the laws which do not come under the definition of written law; it is composed, principally, of the law of nature, the law of nations, the common law, and customs. " chapter, together with an early sequentialplan for the entire book had been written prior to his demise. This"unwritten" chapter was extremely important to the late TanSri Datuk Amar Ong Kee Hui, who viewed his life as analogous to JohnBunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Pilgrim’s ProgressBunyan’s allegory of life. [Br. Lit.: Eagle, 458]See : Journey , a journey to final enlightenment.This is reflected from time to time in parts of Footsteps in Malaysiathat were written prior to his death. Much of the original outline forthe "unwritten" chapter is covered in Chapter 15, "LifeAfter Retirement," but there are two sections written over a decadeearlier by Ong Kee Hui that do not appear in Footsteps. These sections,intended for the "unwritten" chapter, are recorded in thisBrief Communication and are thus made available to the Ong family, hissurviving colleagues, researchers, and future historians, instead ofremaining locked away in my computer archives. But first, a briefbackground. Ong Kee Hui and 1 had collaborated on Footsteps up to about page62, when we parted company. My role had been that of transcriber,editor, and researcher, similar to that for Volume One of his memoirs,Footprints in Sarawak: Memoirs of Tan Sri (Dr) Ong Kee Hui: 1914 to1963, as recorded in the Acknowledgements. (3) Seeing his life as ajourney to enlightenment, Ong Kee Hui eschewed in his final writings allsensitive subjects relating to relating torelate prep → concernantrelating torelate prep → bez��glich +gen, mit Bezug auf +accpolitics to which he would have beenprivy One who has a direct, successive relationship to another individual; a coparticipant; one who has an interest in a matter; private.Privy refers to a person in privity with another—that is, someone involved in a particular transaction that results in a union, , an issue, among others, over which we parted company. (4) Theonly insight into the more lugubrious lu��gu��bri��ous?adj.Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.[From Latin l side of Sarawak political life inFootsteps is perhaps a paragraph on page 67 that reads: In the mad scramble or bid for concessions of land, forest or other natural resources of the state [Sarawak], which occurred soon after independence [1963], members of opposition parties had very little chance of getting anything from the Government ... (5) So I decided that I would have to look elsewhere outside the state for sources of wealth. The two most important aspects of Ong Kee Hui's life (1914 to2000), other than his family, were his Christian beliefs, culminating inhis confirmation in 1987, (6) and politics, through his chairmanship ofthe Sarawak United People's Party The Sarawak United People's Party (Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak) is a political party in Malaysia. The party is one of the constituent members of the ruling National Front (Barisan Nasional). (SUPP SUPP SupportSUPP SupplementSUPP Supplementary (geometry)SUPP suppositorySUPP Sarawak United People's Party (Malaysia)). A fourth-generationSarawak Chinese from a prominent family, Ong Kee Hui, after obtaining adiploma in agriculture, served as an agriculture officer with theSarawak government from 1936 to 1948 (interrupted only by the JapaneseOccupation Japanese Occupation may refer to: Occupation of Japan, the occupation of Japan by United States forces following World War II Japanese occupation of Burma Japanese occupation of Guam Japanese occupation of Hong Kong Japanese occupation of Indonesia , 1942-1945). (7) Subsequently, he was active in banking andbusiness until 1970, when as an elected MP, he was appointed a ministerin the Malaysian federal government. (8) He retired from the federalgovernment and the SUPP in1982 and from business in 1986 when theSarawak Emporium of which he was a director was wound up. Later, one ofhis sons-in-law secured a forestry concession for him to supplement hisincome. His political career began with his nomination to the SarawakCouncil Negri (Parliament) in 1955 and selection as an unofficial member Unofficial Member (非官守議員) is the members of Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong but not from Hong Kong Government. Before Legislative Council direct election starting from 1991, the Government collects views and opinions by of the Sarawak Supreme Council (Cabinet), and his election to Chairmanof the Kuching Municipal Council in December 1959. Ong Kee Hui isperhaps better known and remembered as a founding member and theChairman of the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) from 1959 to1982. This party, representing the majority of the Chinese people The following is a '''list of famous Chinese-speaking/writing people. Note in Chinese names, the family name is typically placed first (for example, the family name of "Xu Feng" is "Xu"). inSarawak, gradually evolved from a left-wing, communist-infiltrated,anti-Malaysia opposition party to membership in the conservative,UMNO-underpinned Malaysian and Sarawak alliances of ruling parties. (9)Held in high esteem by his peers and the Sarawak public, in hisretirement Ong Kee Hui was the doyen of Sarawak's political elite.Dying at the age of 86, his epitaph epitaph,strictly, an inscription on a tomb; by extension, a statement, usually in verse, commemorating the dead. The earliest such inscriptions are those found on Egyptian sarcophagi. may well have read, "He had agood innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , playing the great game with some finesse fi��nesse?n.1. Refinement and delicacy of performance, execution, or artisanship.2. Skillful, subtle handling of a situation; tactful, diplomatic maneuvering.3. ." "Personal Salvation: A Meaning to Life" [parts as written in 1998] Now covered in Chapter 15 of Footsteps, "Life AfterRetirement," but originally planned in the draft layout for the"unwritten" chapter, is Ong Kee Hui's upbringing in atraditional Chinese extended family with Confucian values of filialpiety The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page.“Hyo” redirects here. For other uses, see Hyo (disambiguation). , ancestor worship ancestor worship,ritualized propitiation and invocation of dead kin. Ancestor worship is based on the belief that the spirits of the dead continue to dwell in the natural world and have the power to influence the fortune and fate of the living. , strict patriarchal pa��tri��ar��chal?adj.1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch.2. Of or relating to a patriarchy: a patriarchal social system.3. order, and the predetermined pre��de��ter��mine?v. pre��de��ter��mined, pre��de��ter��min��ing, pre��de��ter��minesv.tr.1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: status of every member of the family according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. age and gender. Alsocovered is how Christianity came into his life, the conflict within thefamily that this created and how this was resolved. Quoting directlyfrom the original provisional chapter layout "with some such (veryflexible) arrangement in mind, a relevant paragraph is moved here fromChapter Three (in Footprints) to slot in as necessary." "As I recounted earlier, some of the theories and ideas I wasexposed to during my student days at Serdang caused me some confusion asthey conflicted with my ideas about God and humanity. These lingeringdoubts persisted until one day I walked into the hall in the hostel atSerdang and heard a voice that fascinated me coming from the gramophone.Mr. Ponniah, a Tamil scholarship holder from Johor, was playing a recordof a speech in English by an Indian. He told me it was Mahatma Ghandi Ma`hat´ma Ghandiprop. n. 1. See the note under mahatma. delivering a spiritual message. I was fascinated by his voice and askedMr. Ponniah to play the record again from the beginning. What I heardthat day inspired me and ever since that day, Ghandi's message hasalways provided the anchor for my faith, convictions, and even myactions. In his message, Ghandi declared his firm conviction and beliefin the existence of God, whom he described as an Indefinable Mysterious Power that pervades everything. I feel it though I do not see it. It is this Unseen Power, which makes itself felt, and yet defies all proof, because it is so unlike all that I perceive through my senses. It transcends the senses. But it is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent. Even in ordinary affairs we know that people do not know who rules or why and how He rules. And yet they know that there is a Power that certainly rules. "Ghandi illustrated this point by recalling that during histour of Mysore in the previous year he had found through questioning thepoor villagers that many of them did not know who ruled Mysore. However,they knew that someone did, as the law and order that prevailed in thestate testified. If the poor villagers were so ignorant about theirruler, it is not surprising that we, who are infinitely lesser inrelation to God than the poor villagers to their ruler, know so littleand do not realise the existence and the presence of God, the King ofKings. Ghandi went on to describe the Divine attributes andmanifestations of Benevolence BENEVOLENCE, duty. The doing a kind action to another, from mere good will, without any legal obligation. It is a moral duty only, and it cannot be enforced by law. A good wan is benevolent to the poor, but no law can compel him to be so.BENEVOLENCE, English law. , Life, Truth, Light and Love in those whofelt His presence in their lives and the transformation that took placein their conduct and character. The testimony to this, he said, was to be found in the experiences of an unbroken line of prophets and sages in all countries and climes. To reject this is to deny oneself. Ghandi concluded with these words: This realisation is preceded by an immovable faith. He, who in his own person tests the fact of God's presence, can do so by a living faith. And since faith itself cannot be proved by extraneous evidence, the safest course is to believe in the moral government of the world and, therefore, in the supremacy of the Moral Law--the Law of Truth and Love. Exercise of faith will be the safest when there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to Truth and Love. I confess I have no argument through reason. Faith transcends reason. All I can advise is not to attempt the impossible. This spiritual message had a strong impact on me, not only instabilising me intellectually and spiritually when I was troubled bydoubts or wavering in my faith, but also by Ghandi's dedication toserving his country and his people, which inspired me to take up publicservice later in my life." Also directly quoting from the draft layout of the"unwritten" chapter--the following would be best placed in thelast chapter on "personal salvation." (10) "On 19 August 1995 a week before my 81 st birthday, two of ourclose friends came to the house bearing a framed picture as a birthdaypresent. Over the painting of waves and a seashore, the following story,Foot Prints, was printed: One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of Footprints in the sand: One belonging to him and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, He looked back at the Footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life There was only one set of Footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of his life. This really bothered him, and he questioned the Lord about it: "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome periods of my life there is only one set of Footprints. "I don't understand why, When I needed you most you would leave me." The Lord replied: "My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you have seen only one set of Footprints, It was then I carried you." "The title of these memoirs, Footprints in Sarawak, was chosenbefore I read this story. Originally I was inspired by a verse in H. W.Longfellow's Psalm of Life. (11) By coincidence, the title of thestory above by an unknown author is the same as that of the memoirs, butthat is not all. I believe that the story reflects that of my own life..." Vernon L. Porritt Honorary Research Associate Murdoch University Western Australia Western Australia,state (1991 pop. 1,409,965), 975,920 sq mi (2,527,633 sq km), Australia, comprising the entire western part of the continent. It is bounded on the N, W, and S by the Indian Ocean. Perth is the capital. 6150 Australia (1) Published in Kuching by the Research and Resource Centre of theSarawak United People's Party (2002, ISBN ISBNabbr.International Standard Book NumberISBNInternational Standard Book NumberISBNn abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m983-99257-3-3). (2) For an obituary, see "Tan Sri Datuk Amar (Dr.) Ong Kee Hui1914-2000," Borneo Research Bulletin, 32 (2001), p. 17. (3) The word "footprints" used in the title of Volume Onehad special significance for Ong Kee Hui, as will be seen in parts ofthe "unwritten" chapter recorded here. For this reason, theearly intention was to use the same title format for Volume Two,altering only the dates. (4) For instance, cronyism CronyismTammany HallManhattan Democratic political circle notorious for spoils system approach. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 492] in the awarding of forestry concessionsby top politicians was covered even in the local press at the time ofthe power struggles between Abdul Rahman Ya'kub Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman bin Ya'kub (born 3 January 1928) is a Malaysian politician of Melanau descent. He is the former Chief Minister of Sarawak and Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak and uncle of Abdul Taib Mahmud. and Abdul TaibMahmud Pehin Sri Dr. Haji Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (born 21 May 1936 in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia) is the current Chief Minister of Sarawak of Melanau descent. Personal life and educationHe undertook his early schooling at the St. for control of the government in the late 1970s. (5) The main opposition party was the SUPP, of which Ong Kee Huiwas the chairman. (6) Reflecting Ong Kee Hui's devotion, some years before hisdeath he bestowed a property at the coastal village of Buntal n. 1. a fine white Philippine fiber from the stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats.Noun 1. buntal - fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats to theAnglican Church as a retreat for church groups. (7) Ong Kee Hui was the great-grandson of Ong Ewe Hai (1830-1889),a leading Sarawak merchant and Rajah Charles Brooke's advisor onChinese Affairs; grandson of Ong Tiang Swee (1864-1950), one of thefirst two Chinese nominated to the Sarawak Council Negri (LegislativeCouncil) in 1937; and son of Ong Kwan Hin (1896-1982), a recognizedauthority on Chinese temples. (8) Ong Kee Hui married the daughter of a successful banker andbusinessman on14 September 1937 and the couple had two sons and sixdaughters. Following the death of his first wife on 15 May 1985, heremarried on 6 December 1987. (9) At various times in his political career Ong Kee Hui was theChairman of the Kuching Municipal Council, a member of the CouncilNegri, and a Minister in the Malaysian government. (10) The original intention was that the memoirs would appear inone volume, not two. (11) Part of H.W. Longfellow's Psalm of Life reads: Godreplied, "My precious child, I would never leave you during yourtimes of trial and suffering."