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ABDUL RAHMAN

Abdul Rahman was the first Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya. He was born in 1903 in Alor Setar and died in 1990. He was the son of the sultan of Kedah, and was educated in Malaya, Thailand, and England. As head of the United Malay National Organization, he became chief minister of Malaya after an election victory in 1955, and when Malaya attained sovereignty in 1957, he became its Prime Minister. He was the principal architect of the alliance of Malaya with Singapore, Sarawak, and Sabah, which in 1963 resulted in the creation of Malaysia.
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TUNKA PUTRA ABDUL RAHMAN

Tunka Putra Abdul Rahman was a Malaysian politician. He was born in 1903 at Alor Star and died in 1990. After studying law at Cambridge, England he returned to Malaysia and in 1945 formed the United Malays' National Organisation. Elected to government he became Prime Minister on Malaysian independence in 1957 and negotiated the formation of the Federation of Malaysia. Following riots in 1970 at Kuala Lumpur he retired from active politics.
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ALOR STAR

The Alor Star is a Singapore-built Malaysian Improved PX Class police boat of 92 tons displacement launched in 1972. The Alor Star is powered by two MTU diesel engines providing a top speed of 25 knots and a range of 1440 km at 15 knots. The Alor Star carries a crew of 15 and is armed with two Oerlikon 20 mm machine-guns.
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