So in this particular posting, i would like to post more pictures when things were a bit more complicated than they are now. This was when communist terrorist was active in Malaysia; my father refers to those time as "zaman kominis" which means "communist era".
Again, I love to go into some details about this pictures and the history, but I just don't have the time right now. I've done short summaries for the pics I posted. Short summaries would not do them justice, I know, but what to do, I've got no time. Anyway, enjoy the pictures.
Image caption:The Headquarters of the Malayan Communist Party at Foch Avenue (now Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, where Central Market and Puduraya is located).
Image caption: Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock today
Although in 1970s the Malayan Communist were pretty much contained to the jungles, once in a while they reminded city folks that they were still relevant and walked amongst us. On August 26, 1975, they bombed the National Monument or Tugu Negara, which removed one whole statue and the heads of three other statue.
Image caption: A day after the bombing
Image caption: The removed statue
Image caption: Repair works took almost two years to complete
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ReplyDeleteWell, UMNO managed to achieve one thing. The BTN-type morons, have been overwhelmingly successful in brainwashing todays 27 million citizens.
ReplyDeleteWho says that the peninsular was always called Tanah Melayu? This is a recent British term!
Tanah Melayu was never the name until the British came and colonized the peninsular.
Malai means hill in Tamil; as to describe the Titiwangsa range on the said peninsular since the 2nd century by the Gujerati traders who set up their formidable Hindu empire at Lembah Bujang.