The Quiet Patriot: Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin (1935-2004)
Tan Sri Azizan was very much a professional career bureaucrat of the old school: Educated at the Francis Light School and Penang Free School in Penang, he internalised the values of these conservative institutions and was quiet, patient, steadfast and diligent in his manners and personality. His was the first generation of Malaysian pioneers who charted the nation's trajectory during the troubling decades that followed the retreat of Western colonialism and imperial rule, and his rise to power and prominence came at a time when the fledgling post-colonial state of Malaysia was on the look-out for young men of promise who could serve their country, yet do so with tact, honesty and humility. .....
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