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Article written by Bugs Tan 2012
Submission to
Attention to
Title of article Dont Be Arrogant
Date submitted 8th
April 2012
Nos. of words 864 words
Synopsis The writer highlighted how the most talented man in
the
entertainment industry in Malaysia, P Ramlee was made to
suffer
hardship in poverty in the last few years of his life before he
passed
away. This article asked the reader to ponder about the same
faith of
hardship a technology developer and inventor has to go
through
today.
Dont be too judgemental to brush talented people aside
Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr P. Ramlee, (March 22, 1929 May 29, 1973)
was a Malaysian film
actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer and producer. Due
to his contributions to the
movie and music industry and his literary work, he is often
considered the icon of Malay
entertainment in Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra (especially in
Aceh due to his ancestry).
P. Ramlee was born Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh, on the
first day of the Eid festival,
which fell on 22 March 1929. His father, Teuku Nyak Puteh, was a
sailor from Aceh, who
later married Che Mah Hussain.
He attended Sekolah Melayu Kampung Jawa (Kampung Jawa Malay
School) and Sekolah
Francis Light primary schools. Next he went to the famous Penang
Free School secondary
school until the second World War broke out. During the Japanese
occupation years in
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Malaysia, he continued his studies at the Japanese Navy Academy.
When the war ended, he
resumed his studies in Penang Free School. He was very active in
sports.
On 27 May 1973, P. Ramlee died at the age of 44 from a heart
attack and was buried in Jalan
Ampang Muslim Cemetery, in Kuala Lumpur. The death was a shock
to the nation, and asense of collective guilt began to spread
nationwide, as prior to his death he had been
discredited and rejected by his own nation, citing that he was a
"has been" and that his
songs and film were no longer marketable.
In 1986, 13 years after his death, in honor of his contributions
to the Malaysian
entertainment industry, the P. Ramlee Memorial or Pustaka
Peringatan P. Ramlee was built
in his home in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. In 1982, the street Jalan
Parry, in the center of Kuala
Lumpur, was renamed Jalan P. Ramlee in his honor.
On 31 October 2010, a 90-minute documentary on his life was
aired on History Channel
Asia. It was also repeated over National Geography many times.
And it is here that one can
see how this talented man has suffered humiliation by his own
friends. P Ramlee died a
pauper. He lived in poverty during the last few years of his
life. It makes me feel so sad and
depressed to see such a talented man going through so much
bitterness and hardship in his
life. How can ones life be so pathetic I asked myself silently
with tears rolling down my
cheek watching this miserable autobiography
Even though P Ramlee was already a big name in the entertainment
industry during histime, but banks and financial institutions
shied-away from him. They did not lend P Ramlee
a hand at all when he reached-out for financial assistance for
his projects.
To make matter worst, some of P Ramlee most trusted friends
played him out. They stabbed
him on the back by spreading lies about him. They play dirty
tricks and make sure P
Ramlees new projects did not take-off. They wanted him dead. And
so, it did. P Ramlee, the
most talented person the country has ever produced was killed
in
the entertainment industry. He also literally died as a human
being.
You can see what a few lousy friends can do to a decent man.
People are so absurd they
become jealous of P Ramlees talent. These people are simply
jealous of his success. To
make matter worst P Ramlee's work is getting a lot of
recognition and fame from overseas.
Awards came rolling from Tokyo, Taipei, Manila, Hong Kong and
Singapore. But these no-
good friends are so jealous that P Ramlee is getting all the
lime lights they are not. These
type people are simple evil. They do not know what damage and
repercussion they can
cause by killing P Ramlee in the industry.
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I also think in this country especially the financial sector
still has not learned how to assist
talented people. The financial system that we have in this
country today is still stuck with
the old way of doing business. For the same reason, P Ramlee
could not get any financial
assistance 40 years ago, talented techies today are still not
able to get financial assistance
for their projects.
Im just wondering why we need to have programs to persuade
Malaysian living in overseas
to come home to Malaysia to help the industry, when in the first
place, we are pushing
them out of the country to do business. Isnt it silly?
Im also wondering why are we are giving honorific title to a
person when he is already
dead. Why is the government not giving honorific titles to
talent techies? Ive not seen any
one techie in the country being decorated in recognition for the
technology that he has
developed.
Wake-up people!
Stop accepting rumours. Check your fact right first. Dont be too
judgemental to brush
talented people aside. Give them due recognition. Support them.
Support those
who deserved to be supported. Morally and financially. We do not
want to see the P Ramlee
tragedy happening all over again and again. Year after year
brains are being drained out of
the country. Year after year talented people are being banished
into dark corners by
fictitious lies.
Written by,
Bugs Tan
Bugs Tan is an award winning inventor. He is a vivid promoter of
creativity and
innovation. He has much contributed to the nation through
lectures to students
and general public. This multi- talented man also writes story
for kids, produce
animation and impart his knowledge to children via fun filled
innovation camps.He is also an Innovation Advisor to a University
and a few organisations. He is also
a celebrity Judge for invention competition and an Innovation
consultant who
creates a culture of innovation among the staff in a company.
Currently he is
based at the Technology Park Malaysia. You can reach him on
Facebook/bugstan
or email [email protected]
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