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MAY I BEGIN BY SAYING HOW HAPPY I AM TO BE MADE
AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF MALAYSIA
AND TO THANK DATO' DR. ABU BAKAR SULEIMAN AND HIS COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR THIS AWARD. IT IS INDEED A GREAT HONOUR AND
A PRIVILEGE FOR MY WIFE AND ME TO ATTEND THE OPENING
CEREMONY OF
CONGRESS OF
ΤΟ DELIVER
MAJESTIES.
THE
SILVER JUBILEE
MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE
MEDICINE BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND FOR ME
THE 9TH TUN DR. ISMAIL ORATION BEFORE THEIR
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK DATO' DR. SAM
ABRAHAM FOR THE MANY KIND THINGS HE HAS JUST SAID ABOUT
ME.
AS THIS ADDRESS HONOURS THE LATE TUN DR. ISMAIL,
I WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO A GREAT MALAYSIAN LEADER
AND DOCTOR. TUN DR. ISMAIL CAME FROM JOHOR, AS I DID AND
FROM OUR YOUNG DAYS WE SHARED CERTAIN ASPIRATIONS
IT WAS DURING HIS POLITICAL CAREER THAT WE
TOGETHER.
BECAME VERY CLOSE.
IT IS RECOGNISED IN MALAYSIA THAT THE LEADERSHIP
IN
THE
EARLY DAYS OF NATIONHOOD WAS GREATLY STRENGTHENED
BY DR. ISMAIL'S HIGH SENSE OF PATRIOTISM, LOYALTY AND
INTEGRITY, AND BY HIS COMPASSION FOR HIS FELLOW BEINGS.
AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, TUN DR. ISMAIL SHOWED
QUALITIES OF
THE
LEAST
LEADERSHIP
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AND
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER, NOT
BEING, WHEN HE THOUGHT HE HAD DONE HIS JOB, BY
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