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Affectionately known as ‘Kakak’ among her family members and close friends, Tan Sri Saleha Mohd Ali recalled with amusement that the former President of South Africa, Mr. Nelson Mandela also called her ‘Kakak’ despite being told by her brother-in-law, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, that ‘’Kakak’ meant ‘’big sister’ in Malay. This was one of the [...]

Google “etiquette” and “first lady” and more than 500,000 articles appear in the search results, with many detailing the numerous faux pas, slips and errors that wives of presidents and prime ministers make during the course of their official duties. Most would be forgiven if committed by ordinary citizens but are elevated to grave sins [...]

Upgrading the Civil Service: An Oral History Session with Tan Sri Samsudin Osman, Chief Secretary to the Government (2001 – 2006) The Oral History team met up with Tan Sri Samsudin Osman on 23rd December 2008 at Kompleks Perbadanan Putrajaya. Tan Sri is the President of Perbadanan Putrajaya and Chairman of the Employee Provident Fund (EPF). [...]

The Role of the Civil Service: An Oral History Session with Tan Sri Dato’ Paduka Salehuddin Mohamed, Chief Secretary to the Government (1984 – 1990) After the success of the previous Oral History Sessions with Tan Sri Hashim Aman, Tan Sri Abdullah Ayub and Tun Dr. Ahmad Sarji, Perdana Leadership Foundation continued its effort to archive [...]

Perdana Leadership Foundation, in collaboration with Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), held three Oral History sessions with the former Chief Secretaries of Malaysia on 23rd, 24th and 25th April 2008. The aim of the series is to revisit and capture the histories of former Chief Secretaries who worked under the past Prime Ministers of Malaysia. The [...]