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| 1.0 History and Background | |||||||||||||||
 Photo: The Residency in 2009 Picture taken by Zamri Salleh (USM) |
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Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial or the
Residency is located at 43-45, Jalan Dato Onn, Kuala lumpur. Built in
1888, the building was originally the residence for the Selangor
Residents. The Residency had a special meaning for the late Tunku. He
had the desire to turn it into a national monument. The late Tunku
occupied the building from the year 1956 to 1970 when he was serving the
Malaya as the Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya, and
subsequently as the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.
The idea of building the residency came up when Frank Sweethenham, the
3rd Resident of Selangor was searching for a piece of land to build the
British Administration Office in Kuala Lumpur. Swettenham suggested that
the field area, at the northwest side to become the official residence
for the Selangor Residents. In 1883, Frank Swettenham designed and
supervised the construction of the residency on the same land at the
cost of $36,000. However, when the building was almost completed in
1889, he was transferred to Perak to substitute Sir Hugh Low.
The first ever resident to reside after the completion was William
Maxwell, the 4th British Resident in Selangor, followed by W.H Treacher,
the 5th British Resident in Selangor and J.PRodger, the 6th British
Resident. After the Independence, the residency became the main office
and the official residence he occupied from 1956 to 1972 as Chief
Minister of the Federation of Malaya, then as the first Prime Minister
of the Federation of Malaya and later, Malaysia. In 1992, 2 years after
the passing of Tunku Abdul Rahman, the function and the name of the
residency was replaced to “Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial”.
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Photo: The National Textile Museum after Refurbishment in 2010 Picture taken by Zamri Salleh (USM) |
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The National Textile Museum building is the one of the
government building to be built under the “Monumental Buildings
Programme” that was initiated by William Maxwell, the 3rd British
resident of Selangor, and C.E Sponner, the State Engineer at that time.
The programme started with the construction of Sultan Abdul Samad
building and ended with Malayan Railway building namely around 1895 to
1917. Due to unsuitable character and ecstatic values for the
“Monumental Buildings Programme”, this Railway Head Office, was
demolished in 1895 and this piece of land was replaced by the New
Central Railway Office in 1905 until 1917. When the railway station was
moved to a new building, this National Textile Museum building became
the office for the Selangor Public Work Department (PWD). After Shah
Alam was selected to be the capital city of Selangor, this building was
occupied by Selangor Water Department, Central Bank, Agricultural Bank,
Malaysian Craft and was High Court.
In January 2010, the National Textiles Museum has changed its function
to house a unique collection of clothing, accessories and textiles. It
showcases a collection of rare and exquisite textiles of the
multi-ethnic communities of Malaysia. The museum has four main
galleries: Pohon Budi Gallery, Pelangi Gallery, Teluk Berantai Gallery
and the Ratna Sari Gallery.
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| 2.0 The Architecture | |||||||||||||||
Photo: The Memorial comprises of 3 buildings, The Residency, Block A and Block B Picture taken by Zamri Salleh (USM) |
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memorial, which sits on on 3 hectares (7.5 acres) of landscaped
garden, was officially opened on 10th November, 1994 by Dr. Mahathir
Mohamad, Malaysia's Prime Minister. It serves as a permanent custodian
for all archival, museum and library materials belonging or relating to
Tunku. The memorial was established to commemorate the contribution
and services of the Tunku, and to highlight the importance of the
period in which Tunku emerged as the Father of Independence and the
first Prime Minister of Malaysia. The memorial exhibits items which related to the life and times of the Tunku. The memorial will also preserve these items and make them available for use by researchers and public. Exhibits include cartoons on Tunku, granite display of the 'Proclamation of Independence', biographies of Tunku and his wife Tun Sharifah Rodziah (in the form of audio-visual display, photographs, documents and artifacts), newpaper coverage and his personal collection of books. There is a theatrette where a slideshow introduction to the Memorial is presented. Comprising three buildings, 'The Residency' is the main building flanked by 2 newer blocks. It includes the Tunku’s former official residence called The Residency and two newer blocks housing materials belonging or relating to the Tunku, such as audiovisual displays, photographs, documents and artifacts, newspaper clippings and his personal collection of books. The main building is The Residency, a double-storey bungalow with high ceilings, polished hardwood floors and wide, open verandahs that overlook the grounds. |
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Photo: One of the living rooms in the Residency Picture taken by Zamri Salleh (USM) |
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| The Residency housed Tunku’s private office, seven bedrooms, a dining room, two sitting rooms and a drawing room for receiving VIPs and foreign dignitaries that was later dubbed the Cairo Room, because of the white chairs brought in from Cairo. It is lavishly decorated with a tiger skin rug on the floor and a decorative piece consisting of two upright elephant tusks, flanked by two elephant legs. | |||||||||||||||
| 3.0 Timeline | |||||||||||||||
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