Our first Prime Minister, Tunku was a fun-loving man who liked telling tales spiced with humor. For instance when we first got our independence way back in 1957, Tunku hired a British photographer to take official photos of VIPs. During a photo session with the cabinet ministers, the photographer had a hard time trying to get everybody to smile. So Tunku stepped forward and asked the photographer to say instead the Malay word for woman's private part! In no time everyone was smiling from ear to ear. Take a look at those photos of the first cabinet ministers.
However trouble soon began. Tunku learned that the photographer was on his way to the palace to take photos of the king. A dispatch rider was immediately sent to intercept the photographer to warn him not to say the offending Malay word before the king. Today take a look at the photograph of the king on our currency notes. He wasn't smiling at all.
The American president, Lyndon B. Johnson, once visited Malaysia and Tunku took him to a Land Development Scheme which later came to be known as "Kampung LBJ" or "LBJVILLE". While the president and his entourage were walking around, a monkey - apparently some body's pet - appeared and started making obscene gestures at him. Tunku, diplomatically explained the monkey was trying to say good bye. When Johnson was about to get into his car, he bid farewell to the Prime Minster, the way he saw the monkey did it earlier.
However trouble soon began. Tunku learned that the photographer was on his way to the palace to take photos of the king. A dispatch rider was immediately sent to intercept the photographer to warn him not to say the offending Malay word before the king. Today take a look at the photograph of the king on our currency notes. He wasn't smiling at all.
The American president, Lyndon B. Johnson, once visited Malaysia and Tunku took him to a Land Development Scheme which later came to be known as "Kampung LBJ" or "LBJVILLE". While the president and his entourage were walking around, a monkey - apparently some body's pet - appeared and started making obscene gestures at him. Tunku, diplomatically explained the monkey was trying to say good bye. When Johnson was about to get into his car, he bid farewell to the Prime Minster, the way he saw the monkey did it earlier.
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