Sunday, October 14, 2012

Penubuhan The Malayan People's Socialist Front 1958


Satu lagi sejarah yang berlaku pada 1958 adalah pembentukan Front Sosialis Rakyat Malaya. 

The Malayan People's Socialist Front (later renamed as the Malayan People's Socialist Party) was formed.

Menurut entri wiki penubuhan Front tersebut diusahakan antara lain oleh Ahmed Boestamam. Petikan entri tersebut (wiki);

The coalition was formed on Hari Merdeka by Partai Rakyat (PR), representing Malay leftists and Parti Buruh Malaya (PBM), representing mainly Chinese leftists. The first chairman was Ahmad Boestamam, the PR president.

Ada sebuah tesis mengenai tajuk yang sama. Tesis bertajuk "Contesting Equality: A History Of The Malayan People'S Socialist Front, 1957-1965". Tesis MA oleh Kankan Xie, Cornell Univerity tahun 2012. Tesis tebal  90 m/surat. Source: cornell - link.

Sebuah artikel yang berkaitan boleh juga dibaca dari terbitan springer - link.


 The logo

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Friday, October 12, 2012

Klang Gates Dam 1958

 

Antara sejarah besar 1958 adalah siapnya pembinaan Klang Gates Dam.

Klang Gates Dam - kren binaan jelas kelihatan 

source: getty images

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Peristiwa Bersejarah Malaya 1958

 

Berikut adalah beberapa peristiwa penting Malaya pada 1958.

Early 1958 – Malaysian Ceylonese Congress was founded.[1]

February – Sulaiman Courts, Malaya's first residential flats were opened.

5–11 March – United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur.

May – The Klang Gates Dam, the first water reservoir dam in Klang Valley was opened.

24 May–1 June – Malaya competed in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan and won three bronze medals, in athletics, weightlifting and tennis.[2]

1 June – The Royal Malayan Air Force (RMAF) is established.

18–26 July – Malaya competed in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales and won two silver medals, in weightlifting.

26 August – The Malayan People's Socialist Front (later renamed as the Malayan People's Socialist Party) was formed.

28 August – National Visual Arts Gallery of Malaysia was established by Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman.

28 August – The Elections Ordinance 1958 was enacted.

31 August – The first anniversary of the Federation of Malaya's independence was celebrated.

6 December – The Indian President Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first foreign leader to visit Malaya.

10 December – The 10th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was celebrated.

Unknown date – Bukit Bintang Boys' Secondary School was founded by Miss Mary Glasgow.[3]

Unknown date – Melaka Art Gallery was established.[4]

Unknown date – The Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Ordinance 1958 was enacted.

Sourca: wiki (link).

Sulaiman Courts berganti Sogo

source: friends of impak - link

Nama Sulaiman Court iaitu nama kapada bangunan pangsapuri ini diambil sempena nama Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa (Sultan Selangor ke 6). Bangunan pangsapuri bernama Sulaiman Court ini telah dibina dalam tahun 1957 sejak Persekutuan Tanah Melayu menghampiri kemerdekaan rasmi daripada United Kingdom.

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Dina Nurpeisova - Kazakhstan

Musicians and Conductor was declared as the theme of the Month for September 2012 by wns. Kazakhstan has issued a special stamp depicting potrait of Dina Nurpeisova. The stamp was issued on Oct 25, 2011 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Dina Nurpeisova. 


Dina Nurpeisova (Musician & Conductor)
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Olympic Games 2012 (Australia)


Australian Postal authority has issued a special stamp set to commemorate the 2012 London Summer Olympic.The stamp set was issued on June 5, 2012.


OlympicGames - The Road to London (Australia)
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Bolivia - YPFB Oil Company


 Stamp No 1

Bolivian postal authority has issued two special stamps to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of YPFB. The stamps were issued on Dec 21, 2011.

 Stamp No 2

YPFB is the national oil company of Bolivia and it was established in 1936 (read about the company - wiki)
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Vistazo Magazine (Ecuador)

Ecuador postal authority (Unidad Postal Nuevos Correos del Ecuador) has issued a special stamp entitled Vistazo. The stamp was issued on Nov 29, 2007 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Vistazo magazine.


Vistazo (Ecuador)
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Monday, June 11, 2012

Towards Euro 2012 - Ukraine

Ukraine postal authority has issued a special stamp "Towards Euro 2012". The stamp was issued on Dec 2, 2007. It was issued to mark Ukraine as host nation for Euro 2012. Euro 2012 was kicked off in June 2012. 


Towards Euro 2012 (Ukraine)

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Costa Rica - ICE 60th Anniversary

A special stamp series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of ICE of Costa Rica (Electricity and Telecom Company). The stamp was issued on June 30, 2009. The stamp series consists of six different designs. Source - wns



60th ICE Anniversary (Costa Rica)
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Sweden - Marie Curie

Sweden Post has issued a special stamp on the theme Famous Scientist. The stamp was issued on Nov 17, 2011.

Marie Curie (Sweden)
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Uzbekistan - Central Bank

A stamp depicting image of Central Bank was issued by Uzbekistan postal authority on April 15, 2010. The stamp was issued to mark the event of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank. The stamp series actually consist of thirty-eight different designs.


Central Bank (Uzbekistan)

(source - wns)
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Australia - Early Post Box

A stamp series showing early post box was issued by Australian Post on March 25, 2009. The stamp series were issued to commemorate the Anniversary of 200 Years Australia Post.



Early Post Box (Australia)

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Saturday, March 17, 2012

France - 2011 Rugby World Cup

A set of four stamps were issued by French postal authority to mark the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The stamps were issued on July 11, 2011


Rugby World Cup

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

International Year of Chemistry - Sri Lanka

The International Year of Chemistry stamp was issued by Sri Lanka postal authority on January 30, 2011. It is to commemorate the IYC as announced by the UN.


Int Year of Chemistry - Sri Lanka

The photo images depicted on stamp were of Madamme Marie Curie and Prof M U S Sultanbawa
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

HK - Railway Service Centenary

HK Railway Service Centenary ($5)

HK Post has issued a stamp set to mark the Centenary of Railway Service. The stamp set was issued on September 28, 2010. The issue consists a set of seven stamps.

Steam Engines ($1-40)


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 ($20)


This stamp is crafted with the lenticular process that confers a visual effect of movement on paper.
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

Coffee - Peru

Peru is one of coffee exporter country in the world. A stamp on Coffee as an export product was issued by Peru postal authority on Aug 19, 2009.


Coffee - Peru's export product

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