TUN HUSSEIN ONN DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK

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PARTICIPANT
INFORMATION

Amin Darwisy Bin Hishamuddin

Class : 5 Pintar
Email : [email protected]
School name : Sek. Keb. Sri Setia Jaya
School Address : Sek. Keb. Sri Setia Jaya

Jalan Dato' Usman Awang, Tanjung Sedili, 81910
Kota Tinggi, Johor

CONTENTS

Introduction…………………………….. 1

Biography of Tun Hussein Onn…….. 2

Education Background of Tun
Hussein Onn ………….………………….. 4

Career of Tun Hussein Onn …..…... 6

Contributions of Tun Hussein …….. 9

His exemplary leadership values for
current generation…………………… 11

Conclusion……………………………. 13
Reference source…………………….. 14

INTRODUCTION

Nowadays, there are a lot of leaders or influencers that we can choose as
our idol and since this scrapbook is mine, I have chosen Tun Hussein Onn as my
idol. Tun Hussein Onn has been chosen for my scrapbook because he is one of the
best Johore leaders for Johore citizens. Furthermore, he also had been impressed
by the whole world because of his contributions for Malaysia.

I, as a new generation and youngster feels very impress with Tun Hussein Onn’s
effort towards our country, Malaysia and he has been called as a Father of Unity.
In addition, his journey had given me an opportunity to learn how about the
amazing history of Malaysia.

Therefore, writing this scrapbook is one my proudness. From this scrapbook, I can
learn about the sacrifices that had been done by the past Malaysia leaders in order
to have the current Malaysia nowadays. There are a lot of values we can take and
learn from Tun Hussein Onn history. I hope this scrapbook will be beneficial to us
especially to in helping us to know more about our country and to instill the love
and patriotism towards our country. Hopefully, we can be the next leaders who
can bring Malaysia to the International level just as great as Tun Hussein Onn.

BIOGRAPHY OF
TUN1 HUSSEIN ONN

Tun Hussein Bin Dato’ Spouse : Suhailah Tun Hussein bin Dato 'Onn (12
Onn Jaafar was born on Noah (m. 1948–1990) February 1922 - 29 May 1990) was
12 February 1922 Children: 6 including a Malaysian politician who served
in Johor Bahru, the son Hishammuddin Hussein as the 3rd Prime Minister of
of Datin Halimah Education: Lincoln's Malaysia from the death of his
Hussein and Dato' Onn Inn (1958), Indian predecessor Abdul Razak Hussein
Jaafar. Military in January 1976 to his retirement in
Academy (1941– July 1981. Moreover, he was the
1942), Telok Kurau Member of Parliament (MP) for Sri
Gading from 1974 to 1981,
He died on 29 May Primary School representing Barisan Nasional
(BN) and United Malays National
1990 (aged 68) Organization (UMNO).

Father of Unity

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Family portrait: (seated from left) Haris Onn, Tun Hussein, Tun
Suhailah and Rozita Halina. Those standing are (from left) Rozia
Hanis, Roquiyah Hanim, Hishammuddin Onn (now Home Minister)

and Suraiya Hani.

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EDUCATION

Hussein Onn received his early education at Telok Kurau School Singapore
(now it is known as Telok Kurau Primary School) and at English College (now
Sultan Abu Bakar College), Johor Bahru.

After his schooling, Hussein Onn joined the Johor Army as a cadet in 1940.

A year later, he was sent to Sandhurst Military College, in Dehradun, India.
After commissioning, he joined the 19th Hyderabad Regiment (Indian Army)
and served in the Middle East during the war.

After the war, the British government appointed him as an instructor at the
"Malayan Police Recruitment and Training Center" in Rawalpindi.

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Picture while Tun Hussein Onn joining the Johor Army as a
cadet in 1940.
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CAREER

Tun Hussein, who came from a family with deep nationalistic spirit and
political roots, resigned from the civil service to go into politics. In 1949,
he became the first youth chief of UMNO (United Malays National
Organization), a party his father helped establish. In 1950, he was elected
the UMNO secretary general. Tun Hussein however left UMNO in 1951
to join his father in forming the Independence of Malaya Party (IMP).

With IMP losing momentum, Tun Hussein went to London to study law
and was called to the Bar and admitted as a member of the Honourable
Society of Lincoln's Inn, qualifying as a Barrister-at-Law. He came back
as a certified lawyer and practiced in Kuala Lumpur.

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Hussein Onn returned to politics in 1968 after being persuaded by the
then Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak to re-join UMNO He
stood and won the general election in 1969 and was appointed minister
of education. Tun Hussein's meteoric rise continued on 13 August 1973
when he replaced the late Ismail Abdul Rahman as Deputy Prime
Minister. On 15 January 1976, he was appointed Prime Minister of
Malaysia after the death of Tun Razak.

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Hussein is known for emphasizing the problem of unity through
policies aimed at correcting economic imbalances between the various
communities found in Malaysia. For example, April 20, 1981 saw the
launch of the National Unit Trust Scheme. He also gave serious
consideration to the concept of Rukun Tetangga (neighbourhood
surveillance scheme) and combating the threat of drugs.

He underwent a coronary bypass in early 1981. On July 17 of the same
year, he retired from active politics and resigned as prime minister due
to health problems. He was replaced by Mahathir Mohamad, his
deputy.

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TUN HUSSEIN ONN
CONTRIBUTIONS

• He is continued the development agenda outlined by Tun Abdul Razak, especially in
moving the New Economic Policy.

• He is knowledgeable about security matters.
• He also emphasized on the concept of Rukun Tetangga and the struggle against the

threat of drugs.
• Malaysia's armed forces have been enlarged and modernized, not to mention that at

that time, the region in Southeast Asia has been in turmoil following the fall of the
South Vietnamese government into the hands of the communists and the construction
of the communist "Domino Theory" ambitions.
• Efforts to eradicate communist terrorists in the forests and cities have been intensified
and even those who sympathize with the communist movement have been
rehabilitated through the so-called successful collection movements.
• The country's economy was affected by the world economic recession, he managed to
control the situation and help Malaysia grow economically and socially.

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• He underwent heart or coronary bypass treatment in early 1981.
• He also successfully launched the Fourth Malaysia Plan in April 1981.
• He launched the National Unit Trust Scheme (ASN) which is a bumiputera trust fund

that helps increase bumiputera equity in the national economy.
• He resigned as Prime Minister, he was still active in charitable organizations such as

Tabung Mata and ISIS during his lifetime.

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EXEMPLARY
LEADERSHIP VALUES

The lesson I have learned when I read the history of Tun
Hussein Onn was that my generation should appreciate what he fought
for in his time.

For example, Tun Hussein Onn is known as the father of unity.
My generation now needs to maintain the long-standing unity in
Malaysia and avoid sensitive issues related to races. Since my
generation is more into social media, then my role is to cultivate the
spirit of unity on social media by setting an example of friendship with
various races and respecting them with good speech.

In addition, when Tun Hussein Onn became the first Minister
of Education, he was upholding the Malay language as the most
important language and English language is compulsory in all types of
schools as the language of submission. So, I think it is important for
me to learn multiple languages to ensure my generation becomes an
educated generation with various abilities.

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Sketch of Tun Hussein Onn’s face
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CONCLUSION

In a nutshell, as Johore natives we should be
proud to have a good leader who brings Malaysia
to the national level. As a result of the
contribution of Tun Hussein Onn, we can see
Malaysia now is known as a unique country and
united even though there are living in a
multiracial country such as Malay, Indian,
Chinese and others. This is his greatest
contribution that we should preserve.
We can see the contribution of Tun Hussein Onn
as

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REFERENCE SOURCE

https://en.wikipedia.or https://www.thefamous
g/wiki/Hussein_Onn people.com/

http://nazeraezzatimoh https://umno.org.my/
dazmi.blogspot.com/2
016/09/pengajian-
malaysia-sumbangan-
tokoh.html

https://www.slideshare http://pelajarpoliteknik
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hussien-onn dato-onn.html

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