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Yeoh was born on 6 August 1962 in Ipoh, Perak, [11] to Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik. Her father was elected as a Senator of Malaysia from 1959 to 1969 (representing Perak's Malaysian Chinese Association), [12] [13] [14] the Chairman of the Perak Bar Association, [12] and the founder of "Sri Maju" in 1975, a major intercity coach service in Malaysia and Singapore.
Bernice Chauly, artist, photographer, poet, novelist, organiser of Georgetown Literary Festival for a number of years. YZ Chin, novelist. Zen Cho (born 1986), bestselling fantasy novelist and short story writer. Yangsze Choo, fourth generation Malaysian writer, of Chinese descent, best-selling international novelist.
Halimah Mohamed Sadique. Deputy Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government. 2013. 24. Mary Yap Kain Ching. Deputy Minister of Education. 2013. (17) Noriah Kasnon.
Women in society. Women in Malaysia receive support from the Malaysian government concerning their rights to advance, to make decisions, to health, education and social welfare, and to the removal of legal obstacles. The Malaysian government has ensured these factors through the establishment of Ministry of National Unity and Social Development ...
There have been 97 women in the Dewan Rakyat since the establishment of the Parliament of Malaysia. In the 15th Malaysian Parliament, there are 28 female representatives, or 13.5% of the body. Women have had the right to both vote and sit in parliament since 1959 and all states and territories have been represented by a woman in the Dewan Rakyat.
Tamils, Malayalees, and Telugu people make up over 85 percent of the people of Indian origin in the country. Indian immigrants to Malaysia brought with them the Hindu and Sikh cultures. This included temples and Gurdwaras, cuisine, and clothing. Hindu tradition remains strong in the Indian community of Malaysia.
This is a list of notable Malaysians of Indian origin, including original immigrants who obtained Malaysian citizenship and their Malaysian descendants.Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Indian origin, whose ethnic origin lie in ...
The feminist movement in Malaysia is a multicultural coalition of women's organisations committed to the end of gender-based discrimination, harassment and violence against women. Having first emerged as women's shelters in the mid 1980s, [ 1] feminist women's organisations in Malaysia later developed alliances with other social justice movements.