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He was the artist-in-residence at Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia in 2001 and the artist-in-residence at the Gunnery Studios in Sydney in 2004. 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He retired in 1987, and passed away in 2001 after a long illness.","name_displayname":"Abdul Rahim Ishak","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":"1925","death_year_yyyy":"2001","feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Diplomat | Member of Parliament | Politician | Journalist"},{"_id":77,"uid":"18576752","descriptor":"Abdul Rahim Jalil","vocabulary":"_People","description":"District Judge. He was Attorney-General’s Chambers State Counsel (1971-1972), Judiciary Magistrate, Subordinate Courts (1972-2010) and Deputy Registrar, Subordinate Courts (1996-2010). He had also served as Traffic Court judge, Juvenile Court Magistrate (1970s), and President of the Syriah Court.","name_displayname":"Abdul Rahim Jalil","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":"1948","death_year_yyyy":null,"feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Judge"},{"_id":78,"uid":"19985549","descriptor":"Abdul Rahim Kajai","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Malayan journalist, editor and novelist. He wrote for several Malay newspapers including Utusan Melayu. The National Library of Malaysia gave him the title \"Father of Malay Journalism and Short Stories\". He was born Abdul Rahim Haji Salim and adopted the name Kajai after the village in West Sumatra where his father came from.","name_displayname":"Abdul Rahim Kajai","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":"1894","death_year_yyyy":"1943","feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Journalist | Writer"},{"_id":79,"uid":"18526410","descriptor":"Abdul Rahman Mohamad","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Singapore Democratic Alliance candidate for Tampines GRC during the General Election of 2006.","name_displayname":"Abdul Rahman Mohamad","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":"1952","death_year_yyyy":null,"feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Politician"},{"_id":80,"uid":"19983389","descriptor":"Abdul Rahman Rais","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Artist who is a member of Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya (APAD), and held several positions in the organisation, including treasurer, secretary, president and auditor. 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His son Sultan Muhammad Syah succeeded him after his death.","name_displayname":"Sultan Abdul Rahman","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":"1780","death_year_yyyy":"1832","feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Ruler"},{"_id":82,"uid":"18556705","descriptor":"Abdul Rahman, Temenggong","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Abdul Rahman was conferred the office of Temenggong by Sultan Mahmud, the sultan of the Johor-Riau Kingdom. His domains included Singapore. He met Sir Stamford Raffles in Jan 1819 and signed an agreement allowing the East India Company (EIC) to set up a trading post in Singapore. On 6 Feb 1819, the Singapore Treaty was signed between Abdul Rahman, Raffles and the sultan, Tengku Hussein. A new treaty was signed by Abdul Rahman and Sultan Husain on 3 Aug 1824, which fully ceded Singapore to the EIC in exchange for cash.","name_displayname":"Temenggong Abdul Rahman","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":null,"death_year_yyyy":"1825","feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":null},{"_id":83,"uid":"18556943","descriptor":"Abdul Rahman, Tunku","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Malaysian politician. He was the first prime minister of independent Malaya after independence (1957-1963) and later, of Malaysia (1963–70).","name_displayname":"Tunku Abdul Rahman","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":"1903","death_year_yyyy":"1990","feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Politician | Cabinet Minister"},{"_id":84,"uid":"18608688","descriptor":"Abdul Razak Hussein, Tun","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Lawyer and politician who was the second Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1970 to his death in 1976. He also served as deputy Prime Minister from 1957 to 1970, and had held the Education, Defence, Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs portfolios. 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He is also an assistant professor in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (since 2009), and an adjunct associate professor at Lee Kong Chian/Imperial College London School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (since 2016). He was elected as the Honorary Secretary of the Singapore Medical Association in 2008.","name_displayname":null,"latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":null,"death_year_yyyy":null,"feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Cardiologist"},{"_id":86,"uid":"18560837","descriptor":"Abdul Salam Ayub","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Malay-language writer who wrote poetry, short stories and literary essays in Berita Harian and Color Malaya Magazine, under a variety of names, such as \"A. Salam\", \"A. 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He resigned from the Workers' Party and joined the National Solidarity Party.","name_displayname":"Abdul Salim Harun","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":"1982","death_year_yyyy":null,"feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Politician"},{"_id":88,"uid":"18586676","descriptor":"Abdul Samad","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Malay doctor who started his practice in the government service in the 1920s, and in private practice after the war. He co-founded the Muslim Institute in 1921, providing educational help to Malay schoolchildren. He also helped to form the Kesatuan Melayu Singapura (The Singapore Malay Union) in 1926.","name_displayname":"Abdul Samad","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":null,"death_year_yyyy":null,"feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Doctor"},{"_id":89,"uid":"18700589","descriptor":"Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Trade unionist who is a vice-president of the National Trades Union Congress and general secretary of the Union of Power and Gas Employees. He was appointed Nominated Member of Parliament in Jan 2021 for a two and a half year term.","name_displayname":"Abdul Samad Abdul Wahab","latitude":null,"longitude":null,"birth_year_yyyy":null,"death_year_yyyy":null,"feature_type":null,"year_started_yyyy":null,"year_ended_yyyy":null,"occupation":"Trade unionist"},{"_id":90,"uid":"18560838","descriptor":"Abdul Samad Salimin","vocabulary":"_People","description":"Malay-language writer who sometimes goes by the pen names of \"Asmin\" and \"Biduan Malam\", in works spanning short stories, poetry, essays, literary criticisms, song lyrics and scripts. 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